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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2017
Applicant:
Tk Holdings Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Inventors:
Vidyakant Chandrakant Revankar, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Larry M. Wilmot, Oxford, MI (US);
Assignee:
JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS ACQUISITION LLC, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/36 (2011.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01); B60R 19/40 (2006.01); B60R 21/0134 (2006.01); B60R 21/0136 (2006.01); B60R 19/02 (2006.01); B60R 19/24 (2006.01); B60R 19/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/36 (2013.01); B60R 19/40 (2013.01); B60R 21/0134 (2013.01); B60R 21/0136 (2013.01); B60R 21/34 (2013.01); B60R 19/02 (2013.01); B60R 19/24 (2013.01); B60R 19/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for cushioning a pedestrian during contact with a moving vehicle. The method includes steps providing an energy-absorbing pedestrian interface structured to cushion the pedestrian during contact, providing an interface deployment mechanism operatively coupled to the interface and structured to move the interface between a stowed position and a deployed position, and moving the pedestrian interface to the deployed position when the vehicle is in motion and prior to contact between the pedestrian and the vehicle.