CN1038490C

CN1038490C - Crew safety device for automotive vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN1038490C
Application number: CN93114703A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 户谷秀男
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1993-11-15
Filing date: 1993-11-15
Publication date: 1998-05-27
Anticipated expiration: 2013-11-15
Also published as: CN1105324A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a passenger safety device for an automobile, which comprises a seat lifting rod which is correspondingly arranged on a carriage floor, a detachable slide plate, a pair of supporting bodies which are correspondingly arranged, a rotating and falling cover plate, a seat cushion, a seat backrest and a central calculation processing device, wherein the rotating and falling cover plate is used for closing an opening part which is formed between the supporting bodies on the carriage floor by a stopping mechanism in normal times; the seat cushion is supported to the cover plate, and one front side of the seat cushion is supported to the supporting body by a supporting shaft; the seat backrest can be rotatablely supported to the supporting body by the supporting shaft and is locked by a locking mechanism; when the automobile is collided, the central calculation processing device can momentarily release the stopping mechanism and the locking mechanism according to a detection signal which is output by a collision detector.

Description

The crew safety device that automobile is used

The present invention relates to the crew safety device that a kind of automobile is used, it can be protected the passenger when automobile bumps.

Up to now, people are developing a kind of air bag bag system that is used to protect car occupant (comprising the driver) always, make it exempt from damage when crashing with convenient automobile.For example, the open communique spy of Japanese Patent opens flat 1-122751 number and discloses a kind of bag, and this bag is bonded on many arrowbands at regular intervals and is provided with reinforcement cloth on the bag body inboard and in the bonding part.

This bag crashes in a flash at automobile, and the high pressure gas of compression flow into fiercely from the installing port of bag, thereby the passenger is protected, but the shortcoming of high pressure gas from bonding part leakage or bonding part breakage arranged under some occasion.In addition, use, still have the problem that costs an arm and a leg even this air bag is actual.

The purpose of this invention is to provide the crew safety device that a kind of automobile is used, it can overcome the shortcoming of above-mentioned air bag, can protect the passenger really again, makes them exempt from the damage of automobile collision accident, and it also wants cost lower.

To achieve these goals, the crew safety device that a kind of automobile provided by the present invention is used, this automobile has a floor compartment, and this safety device comprises: a vehicle seat seat cushion; One independent lazyback; The a pair of side strut member of putting relatively, it supports said vehicle seat seat cushion and said lazyback, each said side strut member all is L shaped and has: a first, this part is on the relative both sides of said vehicle seat seat cushion and be fixed on the said floor compartment, with a second portion, this part extends upward on the relative both sides of said lazyback; First pivot device, this device are fixed in the said first of said vehicle seat seat cushion front portion and said side strut member; Second pivot device, this pivot device are fixed on the said second portion of said lazyback upper end and said side strut member; One floor opening, this floor opening is under the said vehicle seat seat cushion and on the floor between the said first at said side strut member; One rotation cover, this rotation cover pivotally is connected with said floor compartment front end below said vehicle seat seat cushion and covers said floor opening at its front end; A pair of stop motion mechnism, this stop motion mechnism are fixed on relative with the rear end of said rotation cover and on the said floor compartment of putting, this stop motion mechnism has hill holder, and this hill holder is in normal working conditions with said rotation cover fix in position; Pair of locking mechanism, this mechanism is fixed on the said second portion of said side strut member in the lower end of said lazyback, this lockout mechanism has locking component, this locking component is in normal working conditions with said lazyback fix in position, thereby, when collision takes place, said stop motion mechnism discharges said rotation cover, said lockout mechanism discharges said lazyback, simultaneously the rear portion of said vehicle seat seat cushion falls within the said opening on the said floor compartment, and the bottom of said lazyback then can freely swing.

In above-mentioned crew safety device, said vehicle seat seat cushion can be alternate with said rotation cover and puts, and can comprise a pair of second stop motion mechnism, this mechanism under normal circumstances supports the rear portion of said vehicle seat seat cushion, and discharges the said rear portion of said vehicle seat seat cushion immediately so that this rear portion just can fall among the opening of said floor when said rotation cover is opened after bumping.

In above-mentioned crew safety device, also comprise: a CPU, this CPU can control said stop motion mechnism when bumping; One storage battery, this storage battery is connected with said CPU; With an impact detector, this detector is connected with said CPU, so that activate said CPU simultaneously bumping.

In addition, in above-mentioned crew safety device, can also use such modification structures, promptly on the floor compartment between the said side strut member, form recess and substitute said floor opening, the vehicle seat seat cushion is arranged on the top of this concave portion by the side strut member, the front side of this vehicle seat seat cushion is supported on the side strut member by said first pivot device, and rear side is locked by the locking component of lockout mechanism.

When automobile and obstacle collision, impact detector detects impact force, this detection signal be sent to put on vehicle with storage battery as the central processing unit CPU of power supply, release signal with central processing unit CPU output is sent on stop motion mechnism and the lockout mechanism then, like this, the hill holder of stop motion mechnism and the locking component of lockout mechanism are discharged respectively at once, and rotation cover is turned round downwards.Consequently the vehicle seat seat cushion along with rotation cover to turning down.On the other hand, lazyback also rearward turns round because of passenger's pressure effect.

Below with reference to accompanying drawings embodiments of the invention are explained, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the cutaway drawing that expression has the automobile of safe vehicle seat battery and CPU;

Fig. 2 is the front elevation that expression has the safe vehicle seat of CPU, battery and the collision detector represented with diagram of block;

Fig. 3 is that part is analysed and observe the lockout mechanism of expression and the top view of stop motion mechnism;

Fig. 4 is illustrated in the lateral plan of the safe vehicle seat of normal operating position;

Fig. 5 represents that safe vehicle seat take place to collide and lateral plan when making stop and lockout mechanism action in hypothesis;

The variations of Fig. 6 table ground safe vehicle seat shown in Figure 1, it has part and analyses and observe safe vehicle seat, battery and the CPU of expression;

Fig. 7 represents the front elevation of safe vehicle seat shown in Figure 6;

Fig. 8 represents the lateral plan of safe vehicle seat shown in Figure 6;

Fig. 9 represents the lateral plan of safe vehicle seat shown in Figure 8 when the position that is in after colliding;

The further improved form of safe vehicle seat shown in Figure 10 presentation graphs 1 and 6;

Figure 11 represents the front elevation of the variations of Figure 10;

Figure 12 represents the lateral plan of the variations of Figure 10;

Figure 13 represents variations residing position when taking place to collide of Figure 10 to 12.

The preferred embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

First embodiment of the crew safety device that automobile of the present invention is used is described earlier.

In Fig. 1-5, label 1 is an a pair of left and right sides vehicle seat lifting bar, and they relatively and are provided with on the floor compartment 3 that is fixed on automobile 2 with putting, are used for supporting seat.Because this needs to support following side strut member to left and right sides lifting bar 1, therefore preferably make the stock shape of certain-length.

Label 4 is slide plates 4, and they can mesh with vehicle seat lifting bar 1 and throw off and securely be arranged on respectively on the left and right sides strut member lower surface.

Label 5 is a pair of left and right sides strut members, relatively is provided with about them to be fixed on the slide plate 4.As shown in Figure 4, each side strut member 5 by be fixed on the slide plate 4 seat support part 5a with constitute with back rest supports part 5b that this support section 5a links to each other obliquely, integral body is L shaped.

Label 6 expressions one rotation cover, it is provided with seat cushion, and this rotation cover is closed the opening 7 that forms by the hill holder 8a of stop motion mechnism 8 at ordinary times on the floor compartment 3 between the above-mentioned offside strut member 5,5.Shown in Figure 4 and 5, this rotation cover 6 is installed on the floor compartment 3 by hinge 9.In addition, what stop motion mechnism 8 used is small-sized hydraulic equipment and hydraulic actuating cylinder, and therefore in the present embodiment, hill holder 8a is the throw rod of hydraulic actuating cylinder.

Label 10 is the vehicle seat seat cushions that are supported on the rotation cover 6, and its front side can be supported on the side strut member 5 around axle pivotally by a pair of seat pad axis 11.

Label 12 is lazybacks, and its upside can be supported on the left and right

sides strut member

5,5 pivotally and locked by the locking component 14a of lockout mechanism 14 in the ordinary course of things by a pair of backrest axle 13 respectively around axle.Can be with electromagnetic valve as lockout mechanism 14, these electromagnetic valves are suitable for being installed in respectively on the bottom of back support 5b of left and right

sides strut member

5,5.

Label 15 is central processing unit (CPU), when it collides obstacle at automobile 2, detection signal according to a plurality of impact detectors 18 on for example bumper/

spoiler

16,17 that is installed in the automobile front and back send makes the hill holder 8a of stop motion mechnism 8 and the locking component 14a of lockout mechanism 14 discharge locking immediately.In addition, label 19 is the storage batterys that are placed on the automobile, and this storage battery is the power supply that stop motion mechnism 8 and lockout mechanism 14 carry out exercises.

In above-mentioned device, when on the auto against during obstacle, impact detector 18 detects its impulsive force, then this detection signal is transported to CPU15, by CPU one release signal is flowed to stop motion mechnism 8 and lockout mechanism 14 at once immediately.

Like this, the hill holder 8a of stop motion mechnism 8 and the locking component 14a of lockout mechanism 14 are just discharged respectively at once, its result as shown in Figure 5, rotation cover 6 is that fulcrum turns round downwards because of passenger's own wt with hinge 9.At this moment, vehicle seat seat cushion 10 is that fulcrum is along with rotation cover 6 turns round with seat pad axis 11.On the other hand, lazyback 12 is a fulcrum with backrest axle 13, is rearward turned round by passenger's pressure.

At this moment, passenger (for example driver) makes high low hand owing to waist is pressed down.

The following describes two other the different embodiment of the present invention shown in Fig. 6-13.

When these two embodiment of explanation, the part identical with above-mentioned first embodiment of the invention all uses same label respectively and the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

The main difference of second embodiment shown in Fig. 6-9 and above-mentioned first embodiment is: an essential space 20 is set between vehicle seat seat cushion 10B and rotation cover 6B, the front side of vehicle seat seat cushion 10B can be supported on pivotally by fulcrum that side strut member 5B goes up and its rear side by the second locking component 14B locking of lockout mechanism 14B.

The crew safety device used of the automobile of Gou Chenging shown in Fig. 8 and 9, also can make vehicle seat seat cushion 10B, rotation cover 6B, lazyback 12B revolution respectively like this, can obtain effect and the effect same with the above embodiments.

In the 3rd embodiment shown in Figure 10-13, and the main difference of the above embodiments is: form recess 30 on the floor compartment 3C between a pair of left and right sides strut member 5C, the 5C, vehicle seat seat cushion 10C is arranged on this recess 30 tops, the front side of this vehicle seat seat cushion 10C by fulcrum can be supported on side strut member 5C pivotally, 5C is last and its rear side by the second locking component 14c of lockout mechanism 14C locking; And vehicle seat seat cushion 10C just tends to the gyratory directions of vehicle seat seat cushion 10C at ordinary times under the effect of a plurality of spring members 31, and an end of these spring members 31 is installed on the rear lower surface of vehicle seat seat cushion and the other end is installed in the front side of recess.

In this structure, when on the auto against during obstacle, as shown in figure 13, vehicle seat seat cushion 10C is subjected to the effect of passenger's own wt and spring member elastic force and revolution at once, thereby obtains effect and the effect same with the foregoing description.

Be can clearly be seen that by top explanation the present invention has following effect.

1. on car crass during barrier, the vehicle seat seat cushion is along with rotation cover or alone at once revolution, and And lazyback is simultaneously at once revolution also, and therefore, passenger (for example driver) makes the upper body owing to waist is pressed down Anteflexion. Thereby crew safety device of the present invention can be protected when crashing infalliblely and take advantage of The visitor makes it exempt from casualty loss.

Since this crew safety device by to the floor compartment of automobile and supporting seat seat cushion etc. The improvement of support member just can be implemented, and therefore just can be used for practice to it with lower expense.

Claims

1. crew safety device that automobile is used, this automobile has a floor compartment, and this safety device comprises:

One vehicle seat seat cushion;

One independent lazyback;

The a pair of side strut member of putting relatively, it supports said vehicle seat seat cushion and said lazyback, each said side strut member all is L shaped and has: a first, this part is on the relative both sides of said vehicle seat seat cushion and on the fixing said floor compartment, with a second portion, this part extends upward on the relative both sides of said lazyback;

It is characterized in that it also comprises:

First pivot device, this device are fixed in the said first of said vehicle seat seat cushion front portion and said side strut member;

Second pivot device, this pivot device are fixed on the said second portion of said lazyback upper end and said side strut member;

One floor opening, this floor opening is under the said vehicle seat seat cushion and on the floor between the said first at said side strut member;

One rotation cover, this rotation cover pivotally is connected with said floor compartment front end below said vehicle seat seat cushion and covers said floor opening at its front end;

A pair of stop motion mechnism, this stop motion mechnism are fixed on relative with the rear end of said rotation cover and on the said floor compartment of putting, this stop motion mechnism has hill holder, and this hill holder is in normal working conditions with said rotation cover fix in position;

Pair of locking mechanism, this mechanism is fixed on the said second portion of said side strut member in the lower end of said lazyback, and this lockout mechanism has locking component, and this locking component is in normal working conditions with said lazyback fix in position,

Wherein, when collision took place, said stop motion mechnism discharged said rotation cover, and said lockout mechanism discharges said lazyback, simultaneously the rear portion of said vehicle seat seat cushion falls within the said opening on the said floor compartment, and the bottom of said lazyback then can freely swing.

2. crew safety device according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, said vehicle seat seat cushion is alternate with said rotation cover and put, and comprise a pair of second stop motion mechnism, this mechanism under normal circumstances supports the rear portion of said vehicle seat seat cushion, and discharges the said rear portion of said vehicle seat seat cushion immediately so that this rear portion just can fall among the said floor compartment opening when said rotation cover is opened after bumping.

3. crew safety device according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that it comprises: a CPU, and this CPU can control said stop motion mechnism when bumping; One storage battery, this storage battery is connected with said CPU; With an impact detector, this detector is connected with said CPU, so that activate said CPU when bumping.

4. crew safety device that automobile is used, this automobile has floor compartment, and this safety device comprises:

One vehicle seat seat cushion;

One independent lazyback;

The a pair of side strut member of putting relatively, it supports said vehicle seat seat cushion and said lazyback, each said side strut member all is L shaped and has: a first, this part is on the relative both sides of said vehicle seat seat cushion and be fixed on the said floor compartment, with a second portion, this part extends upward on the relative both sides of said lazyback;

It is characterized in that it also comprises:

A pair of first lockout mechanism, its lower end at said lazyback are fixed on the said second portion of said side strut member;

A pair of second lockout mechanism, its rear end at said vehicle seat seat cushion are fixed on the said side strut member; Said first and second lockout mechanisms have first and second locking components respectively, and in normal working conditions, it is respectively with lazyback and vehicle seat seat cushion fix in position;

And said floor compartment has a recess under the said vehicle seat seat cushion and between the said first at said side strut member, to limit the rotating space of vehicle seat seat cushion.

5. crew safety device according to claim 4 is characterized in that it also comprises spring member, is used for the vehicle seat seat cushion is trended towards gyratory directions.

6. according to claim 4 or 5 described crew safety devices, it is characterized in that it comprises: a CPU, this CPU can control said first and second lockout mechanisms when bumping; One storage battery, this storage battery is connected with said CPU; With an impact detector, this detector is connected with said CPU, so that activate said CPU simultaneously bumping.