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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michel Gibeau, La Jarne, FR;
Jean-Jacques Laporte, La Rochelle, FR;
Assignee:
Alstom, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/940 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/940 ;
Abstract
A device for protecting a vehicle against impact, the device comprising an inflatable element which, once inflated, presents a general shape that fits closely over the region of the vehicle to be protected, wherein said inflatable element includes a skin which is deployed by an inflatable reinforcement having a volume that is much smaller than the volume of the skin, pressurizing and deploying said inflatable reinforcement ensuring rapid deployment of said skin and simultaneously causing the internal volume of the inflatable element to be filled with air, by suction, via an air inlet device carried by said skin.