RU2465159C1 - Device for blocking vehicle passanger when he threatens to attack driver - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: transport.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to transport machine building. The device contains resilient member built in immobile part of vehicle passenger compartment and fixed in compressed position by controlled catch; plate fixed at free end of resilient member and facing outside to passenger seat at the level of its back, and electromechanical control system. Possibility to release resilient member by control system upon command of driver and/or other responsible person and moving plate under resilient member force towards passenger seat and thus limiting mobility of the latter, as well as impulse impact and/or static squeezing action on him is provided. Additionally, device for non-lethal damage by electric current - "electric shocker" (E) is provided. Its working unsimilar damaging electrodes are installed on the face of plate being capable to contact with body of blocked passenger. E is actuated by driver or other responsible person. Damaging electrodes of E are made as spiky L-shaped hooks distributed over plate area and oriented towards each other. The E contains two pairs of unsimilar damaging electrodes distributed across the width and the height of plate. Device control system is made capable to output voltage on damaging electrodes when resilient member is released and plate is pulled out only.

EFFECT: improving technical and operational properties and enhancement of possibilities of vehicle passenger blocking device when he threatens to attack driver, due to possibility to hit blocked passenger with life-safe electric charge.

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Description

The invention relates to the field of transport engineering, specifically to safety systems of a driver of a vehicle in the presence of a threat from a passenger sitting on a seat over unauthorized use of the vehicle.

Known devices for the compulsory blocking of a passenger (passengers) of a vehicle when there is a threat of an attack on the driver using (not for their intended purpose) airbags, while the device control system provides for the possibility of airbag deployment (inflation) as automatically from an acceleration sensor during sudden braking of the vehicle in emergency situation ("accident" mode in accordance with the direct purpose of the airbag), and at the command of the driver (when they issue a signal to activate vanie) [patent RU №2050294, patent RU №2269434]. The device is bi-functional, but the reliability (duration) of the passenger’s blocking is insufficient, since the very principle of operation of an elastic pillow inflated by a gaseous body under pressure suggests the possibility of quickly removing this “blocking” by, for example, breaking a blocked person in the presence of improvised means (for example, firearm or cold weapons) airtightness, integrity of the cushion shell for its deflating for the purpose of evacuation from the vehicle in case of fire, explosion or drowning. This is good for emergency mode, but conflicts with the tasks of blocking an attacker.

On the other hand, mobile (manual) and stationary devices of non-lethal electric shock are also known - “stun guns” (stationary ones include, for example, wire fencing under the voltage of prisons and other sensitive objects, and manual ones are available for unlicensed acquisition and use various in their technical characteristics "stun guns"), and remote-controlled stun guns are also known [patent RU No. 2305246, patent RU No. 2274816, patent RU No. 2275576].

Close to the claimed device as a type of “transport stun gun” is a device for neutralizing terrorists in civilian aircraft, located on seats installed in the aircraft cabin equipped with a video camera for general visibility, forming a passage limited to the sides to the cockpit, in which each pair is located opposite each other on different sides of the passage of the sidewalls of the seats is equipped with elastic clamps made in the form of aluminum arcuate plates sealed in hard rubber, p Attached to the sidewalls are cylindrical springs fixed in a compressed state, as well as photoelectronic sensors, the spring clamps are connected to the movable cores of the electromagnets located under the corresponding armchair, while the field windings of the electromagnets are electrically connected to the photoelectronic sensor circuit, and the terminal plates are connected to electric signal sources using the corresponding this pair of switch seats and manual-automatic modes on the remote control in the cockpit pilots [patent RU No. 2335435].

Thus, in this device, the terrorist is “clamped” with two spring “clamps” symmetrically located to the left and right of the passenger compartment aisle, each of which has a striking (discharge) electrode of one of the signs of electrical polarity, which makes it possible to apply to the “rebellious” terrorist electroshock discharge.

The known device, belonging to a slightly different field according to the classification of the IPC, is partially similar to the claimed one, but differs significantly from it and has its drawbacks. So, to accomplish the task of blocking a terrorist, it is necessary first of all to catch the moment when he is between the clamps. And will it even happen if he prepared for the operation. Secondly, such a device further narrows the already severely deficient passage width in the cabin. Thirdly, even one pair of triggered clamps can block not only the terrorist, but also most of the passengers if they need rapid migration or evacuation.

Closest to the claimed invention, selected for the prototype, is a "means of protection of the driver from attack" [RF patent No. 2402434]. The device contains an elastic element (a conical spring) embedded in the stationary part of the vehicle interior - in the back of the driver's seat - and fixed in a compressed state by a controlled lock, a plate fixed to the free end ("head") of the elastic element and facing outward to the passenger seat ( located behind the driver’s seat) at the level of its back, and an electromechanical control system of the device with the ability to fix the elastic element by the control system at the command of the driver and placing the plate under the action of the elastic element in the direction of the passenger seat and thereby impulsive impact on the passenger, and / or static compression, and / or limitation of its mobility.

The device, in particular, provides for the possibility of a gradual (phased) release of the spring with a flat retainer due to the gradual, controlled extension of the latter, as a result of which it is possible to increase its “pressing” depending on the passenger’s behavior. Actually, for this, the spring has a conical shape. Such a device, restricting the freedom of movement of the passenger, i.e. blocking it, however, leaves a fundamental possibility of freeing itself from fixation. Firstly, since the device, with real, safe values of the safety elastic force and momentum transmitted to the passenger’s body when triggered, can be wrung out partially or completely by hands or body (with the arms around the back of the front driver’s seat), especially with extraordinary strength and with increased output “Stressful” adrenaline in the passenger. And secondly, since the device, which is a cantilever suspension of the plate on a spring fixed only at its base or, at best, within its niche, is poorly fixed from side shifts. Therefore, such a device is designed largely on the effect of surprise and gaining time in favor of the driver for further actions.

Summarizing the above disadvantages of the prototype device, we can say that it is not satisfactory in terms of its technical and operational characteristics and capabilities.

The technical result to which the claimed invention is directed is to improve technical and operational characteristics and expand the capabilities of the device by ensuring the possibility of hitting a blocked but continuing attempt to free itself and / or to provide resistance to a passenger with a life-friendly charge (charges) of electric current. In this case, a warning of a blocked passenger about this possibility may be sufficient.

The specified technical result is achieved due to the fact that in the device for blocking the passenger of the vehicle when there is a threat of attacking the driver, comprising an elastic element integrated in the stationary part of the vehicle interior and fixed in a compressed state by a controlled lock, a plate fixed to the free end of the elastic element and facing outward to the passenger seat at the level of its back, and an electromechanical control system for the device with the ability to unlock the elastic element of the system control by command of the driver and / or other responsible person and the movement of the plate under the action of the elastic element towards the passenger seat and thereby limiting the mobility of the latter, as well as the impulse shock and / or static compressive effect on it, a device for non-lethal electric shock is additionally provided - "stun gun", the striking electrodes of opposite signs which are mounted on the front side of the plate with the possibility of simultaneous contact with the body of the blocked this passenger, driven by the driver or other responsible person.

The technical result is also achieved due to additional design features (when formulated above the main set of features):

- oppositely working ("plus" and "minus") striking electrodes of the "stun gun" can be made in the form of spaced apart plates and oriented to each other pointed L-shaped hooks;

- "stun gun" may contain two pairs of opposite striking electrodes, spaced respectively in width and height of the plate;

- the electromechanical control system of the device can be made with the possibility of issuing voltage to the striking electrodes only with the unlocked elastic element and the extended position of the plate.

Among the known devices and methods, no such combination of essential features would coincide with the claimed combination of features. At the same time, it is due to the latter that a new technical result is achieved.

In more detail, the invention is disclosed in the following implementation example (in the arrangement between successively mounted driver and passenger seats) and is illustrated by drawings, which show:

figure 1 - device, plan view in the initial state;

figure 2 is the same, when triggered, where N is the working stroke of the plate from a fixed source to a working extended position;

figure 3 is a simplified electrical control circuit (actuation) of the device in the initial state, where U is the supply voltage from the on-board source;

figure 4 is the same when triggered.

The device "Cobra" blocking the passenger of the vehicle in the event of a threat of attack on the driver contains an elastic element 1, for example a cylindrical or conical (as in the prototype) spring. Element 1 is integrated in the stationary part 2 of the vehicle interior, for example, in the back of the driver's seat (2). The device also contains a plate 3, which is mounted on the free end ("head") of the elastic element 1 (preferably flush with its rear wall) and faces outward to the passenger seat 4 (for passenger 5). The seat 4 is located, for example, behind the driver's seat 2, and at the level of its backrest (2). In this case, it is possible to fix (the initial position of the device) and unlock (in action) the elastic element 1 (directly or through fixing the plate 3) through the electric circuit 6 of the control system (see Figs. 3, 4) by means of the latch 7 (in the form of predominantly flat rod, as in the prototype) at the command of the driver and / or other responsible person (for example, the forwarder) and moving the plate 3 under the action of the elastic element 1 towards the passenger seat 4 and thereby restricting the mobility of the passenger 5, as well as impulse ary and / or static compressive force on it.

The working stroke H of the plate 3 from a fixed initial to the working extended position is laid down in the calculation of the preservation of the residual elastic force of element 1, the minimum necessary for pressing the body of the passenger 5 to the seat 4 (about 100-300 N).

To extend the plate 3, the control system 6 includes a manual switch 8 of the electric voltage supply circuit U from the power source 9 to the actuator (solenoid) 10 for releasing the latch 7 (withdrawing it from interaction with the spring 1 or plate 3).

Additionally, a device for non-lethal electric shock is provided, hereinafter referred to as the “stun gun” (in accordance with the generally accepted generic name of various devices for this purpose). The striking electrodes 11, 12 and 13, 14 (in the given example, two opposite pairs are provided - “plus” and “minus”) of the “stun gun” are installed on the front side of the plate 3 and spaced along its area with the possibility of contact with the body of the blocked passenger 5. Along with with the above-described electrical circuit 6 for unlocking the elastic element 1 (plate 3), the device control system includes a parallel-series electric circuit 15 of the “electric shocker” (see FIGS. 3, 4) connecting the discharge electrodes 11-14 with the power source 9 through n eobrazovatel 16 (any known inverter-type storage capacitor and / or pulse high-voltage transformer used in stun) and switch 17 (typically a button type) controlled by the same way as the switch 8, the driver or other person in charge.

To ensure that the "stun gun" cannot be triggered when the "elastic element 1 - plate 3" system is fixed 7 between the switch 17 and the converter 16, an electromagnetic relay 18 is provided with a normally open contact 19, the winding of which is connected to circuit 6 after switch 8.

Unlike working (plus and minus) striking electrodes 11-14 of the “electric shock” can be made in the form of spaced apart plates and oriented to each other pointed L-shaped hooks (see figure 3) with the possibility of hooking passenger clothes 5, especially with his energetic attempts to free himself from the blocking action of the plate extended and resting against the torso of the plate 3. The effect of hooking is twofold: the reliability of blocking the passenger is increased 5 and the likelihood of direct contact of the working contacts increases "stun gun" with his body (which is necessary for electroshock exposure). Orientation of the hook contacts in pairwise opposite directions increases the likelihood of hooks when trying to displace the body in any direction, and their orientation inward from the periphery of the plate 3, on the contrary, reduces the likelihood of hooks of passengers in "peace" time during boarding and disembarking (when not extended, not working device status).

A "stun gun" may contain (as is the case in this particular example) two pairs of unlike working striking electrodes 11-14 spaced apart respectively by the width and height of the plate. Compared to one pair (as is done on hand-held stun guns), this increases the probability of contacting at least one of the pairs of contacts with the body in conditions of “maneuvering” of the blocked passenger 5. Moreover, this increases the likelihood (and the number) of hooks of hooked contacts for clothes.

The described example of a specific embodiment does not exclude other possible variants of the device within the scope of the claimed combination of essential structural features (see the claims).

In particular, the device may contain additional means to ensure safety during the operation of the vehicle.

The inventive device operates as follows.

In the case of a reasonable suspicion of a passenger of an unlawful intent, such as hijacking a vehicle or robbery, as well as, of course, when trying to implement such intentions, the driver or other responsible person (forwarder, etc.) forcibly ("manually") blocks the passenger and, if if necessary, they are influenced by the “electric shocker” built into the system.

To do this, specifically, turn on (by hand or foot) the switch 8, issuing the supply voltage U from the source 9 to the winding of the solenoid 10, the core of which, overcoming the elastic force of its regular return spring (which held the latch 7 in the working position), releases spring 1 ( plate 3) from the latch 7. At the same time, the coil of relay 18 is automatically energized and contact 19 is closed, providing standby voltage in the circuit 15 from the converter 16.

Due to the release of the elastic element (spring) 1 from the latch 7, the plate 3 extends under the action of a variable elastic force towards the torso of the passenger 5 sitting on the passenger seat 4 (see figure 2), abuts against it with force (within the allowable, safety range of effort sufficient to block a person), thereby providing the aforementioned blocking of passenger 5 on seat 4.

When performing the elastic element 1 in the form of a conical coil spring, the control system can be somewhat complicated: it is provided that the latch is controlled through the electromagnetic device 10 not “on-off”, but progressive, with a gradual controlled increase in current in the excitation winding of the device 10, as suggested in the prototype.

In case of vigorous unauthorized attempts of the blocked passenger 5 to unlock and ignore the warning addressed to him, the driver or other responsible person is forced to pacify the passenger through a “stun gun” - a kind of mini-electric chair, closing the switch 17 and thereby issuing the standby discharge voltage from the converter 16 to the striking electrodes 11-14. In the presence of contact of the body of the blocked passenger 5 with any pair of unlike striking electrodes (11, 12 and / or 13, 14), an electric discharge occurs in the corresponding parts of the body with the corresponding “pacifying” electroshock effect (shown in lightning bolts in FIGS. 2, 4).

Thus, in the "passenger blocking" mode, the somewhat limited capabilities of the locking device supplement (amplify) the capabilities of the stun device. Moreover, such a complex device does not give a simple “sum of effects”, but a new quality, known in patent science as the phenomenon of “super-effect”. For the “electric shock” in the proposed construct creates a qualitatively different, more favorable situation under the given conditions and, accordingly, the effect on efficiency and safety (protection by distance) of the driver or other responsible person.

The use of the invention allows to improve technical and operational characteristics and expand the capabilities of the device for blocking a passenger of a vehicle in the event of a threat of an attack on the driver by providing the possibility of hitting a blocked but continuing attempt to free itself and / or to resist the passenger with a life-friendly charge (charges) of electric current, and also his awareness of the very possibility of such an impact on him.

Claims (4)

1. A device for blocking a passenger of a vehicle in the event of a threat of an attack on a driver, comprising an elastic element integrated in the stationary part of the vehicle interior and locked in a compressed state by a controlled lock, a plate fixed to the free end of the elastic element and facing outward to the passenger seat at a level thereof backs, and an electromechanical control system of the device, with the ability to unlock the elastic element on command, characterized in that it additionally provides A non-lethal electric shock device is a “stun gun” whose striking electrodes of opposite signs are mounted on the front side of the plate with the possibility of simultaneous contact with the body of a blocked passenger, driven by the driver or other responsible person. 2. The locking device according to claim 1, characterized in that in it the working unlike (“plus” and “minus”) striking electrodes of the “stun gun” are made in the form of spaced apart L plates and oriented to each other pointed L-shaped hooks. 3. The locking device according to claim 1, characterized in that the "stun gun" contains two pairs of unlike striking electrodes, spaced respectively in width and height of the plate. 4. The locking device according to claim 1, characterized in that in it the electromechanical control system of the device is configured to provide voltage to the damaging electrodes only with the elastic element unlocked and the plate position extended.

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