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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2011
Michael Fehring, Neuhausen, DE;
Marica Paurevic, Herrenberg, DE;
Thomas Unselt, Stuttgart, DE;
Daimler AG, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A method for protecting a vehicle occupant in a vehicle seat of a vehicle that includes at least one protection element arranged on the vehicle seat and that can be triggered in order to protect the vehicle occupant located on the vehicle seat is triggered in the event of an impending collision or in the event of a collision. A momentum (motion impulse) is exerted on the vehicle occupant or at least one body section of the vehicle occupant when the protection element is triggered. Due to the momentum the vehicle occupant or at least one body section of the vehicle occupant is moved away from a collision section of the vehicle that is colliding or will collide with the object. The intensity of the momentum is varied in relation to a determined accident severity and/or a determined accident type.