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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2013
B/e Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Pete C. Meister, Miami, FL (US);
Michael J. Farvet, Wellington, FL (US);
B/E Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Abstract
A leg restraint for side-seated vehicle occupants that includes a leg-restraining member for being mounted in proximity to a side-facing vehicle seat and selectively moveable between a deployed, laterally-extending leg-protecting position and a retracted, non-leg interfering position, and a sensor for detecting abrupt movement in the direction of forward travel of the vehicle incident to an abrupt deceleration of the vehicle and outputting a signal. A gas-inflatable bag is positioned operatively proximate the leg-restraining member and is responsive to the signal output by the sensor for inflating and deploying the leg-restraining member upon the occurrence of the abrupt deceleration of the vehicle.