GB2408027A - A safety arrangement in a vehicle foot well - Google Patents

A safety arrangement in a vehicle foot well Download PDF

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GB2408027A
GB2408027A GB0326631A GB0326631A GB2408027A GB 2408027 A GB2408027 A GB 2408027A GB 0326631 A GB0326631 A GB 0326631A GB 0326631 A GB0326631 A GB 0326631A GB 2408027 A GB2408027 A GB 2408027A
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Erik Hjerpe
Magnus Eriksson
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Abstract

A safety arrangement is disclosed which is provided in a motor vehicle. The safety arrangement incorporates an element (7) mounted to the dash board (5) of the motor vehicle above the foot well of the vehicle. The element (7) is configured so that, on actuation of the safety arrangement, the element (7) moves downwardly, with an optional forward component of movement, to engage the feet or legs of a seat occupant of the vehicle. The safety arrangement is intended to provide protection to the feet and lower legs of a seat occupant in the event of a frontal impact crash situation, by reducing the risk of injury from a "ripple" or crash pulse in the floor of the vehicle in the event of such an impact situation. The element may comprise an air bag (figure 2), a belt (figures 5 and 6) or a pressure plate (figure 7).

Description

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DESCRIPTION OF INVENTION
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO A SAFETY ARRANGEMENT" THE PRESENT INVENTION relates to a safety arrangement, and more particularly relates to a safety arrangement provided in a motor vehicle.
It is known that in an accident situation the feet of the occupants of the front seats in motor vehicle may be subjected to injury, regardless of whether the front seat occupant is the driver or merely a passenger within the vehicle.
It is known that if the foot of a driver or front seat occupant is resting on the floor of the vehicle, for example in the area of the front foot well, during a frontal crash, injuries may arise. In a crash situation, the floor of the vehicle will deform with a "ripple" or crash pulse. The "ripple" or crash pulse may impart a substantial acceleration to a foot resting on the floor, causing, for example, an ankle injury.
It has now been found that even greater risk exists if the foot is located away from the floor pan when a crash occurs. The foot may be accelerated towards the floor pan due to the deceleration of the vehicle and the foot may impact with the floor pan with a very high velocity, causing substantial injuries to arise.
The present invention seeks to provide a safety arrangement which may, in use, help reduce or minimise the risk of injuries occurring during a vehicle accident.
According to the present invention, there is provided a safety arrangement provided in a motor vehicle, the safety arrangement incorporating an element mounted above the foot well of the vehicle, the element being configured so that on actuation of the safety arrangement, the element moves downwardly, with an optional forward component of movement, to engage the feet or legs of a seat occupant of the vehicle.
Preferably, the foot well of the vehicle is provided with a floor mounted air-bag to be inflated to lift the foot of a seat occupant above the floor of the vehicle.
Advantageously, the element is in the form of an air-bag.
Conveniently, the air-bag is initially packed within a housing mounted within or on the underside of a dashboard within the vehicle.
Preferably, the element is in the form of an air-bag which extends transversely of the vehicle, the air-bag being drawn downwardly by elongate flexible elements connected to the ends of the air-bag and received within retractor mechanisms.
Advantageously the two air-bags form part of a single unit.
Alternatively, the element is in the form of an elongate element having opposed ends thereof connected to floor mounted retractors, the element passing through releasable loops mounted in the region of the dashboard of the vehicle, the releasable loops being releasable to permit the elongate flexible element to be drawn in by the retractors so that the elongate flexible element moves downwardly with an optional forward component.
In another embodiment the element is the form of a pressure plate mounted on a linkage, the linkage being actuable to drive the pressure plate downwardly with an optional forward component of motion.
Preferably, the safety arrangement is associated with a pre-crash sensor to actuate the arrangement.
In order that the invention may be more readily understood, and so that further features thereof may be appreciated, embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: FIGURE 1 is a schematic side view of the foot well of a vehicle provided with a safety arrangement in accordance with the invention before actuation of a safety arrangement; FIGURE 2 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 illustrating the foot well of the vehicle after deployment of the safety arrangement; FIGURE 3 is a view corresponding to Figure 1 illustrating an alternative embodiment of the invention before actuation of the safety arrangement; FIGURE 4 is a perspective view illustrating the safety arrangement of Figure 3 during deployment; FIGURE 5 is a side view corresponding to Figure 1 illustrating yet a further embodiment of the invention; FIGURE 6 is a perspective view illustrating the embodiment of Figure 5 in use; and FIGURE 7 is a perspective view of yet another embodiment of the invention.
In each of the embodiments of the invention, an element is moved downwardly from a position above the foot well of the vehicle to engage the leg or foot of the seat occupant so as to move the leg or foot downwardly and also optionally forwardly. Such a movement will bring the foot, if it is spaced from the floor, into contact with the floor, thus minimising the risk of the foot becoming injured due to a relatively high speed impact between the foot and the floor due to continuing movement of the foot when the vehicle itself is being decelerated. In the preferred embodiment of the invention an air-bag is also provided in the foot well in order to lift the foot up above the level of the floor pan itself.
Referring initially to Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings the floor pan 1 of a motor vehicle is illustrated in a region of the foot well. The floor pan has a horizontal section 2 underlying a foot of a vehicle occupant and an inclined section 3. In this embodiment of the invention, mounted on top of the horizontal section 2 of the inclined section of the floor pan is an uninflated air-bag 4.
The dashboard 5 of the vehicle is located to overlie the foot well, and a housing 6 is provided on the under surface of the dashboard, as shown, or within the interior of the dashboard. The housing 6 contains another airbag 7 which is operatively connected via an inflator to a crash sensor 8. The crash sensor 8 is also operatively connected to the floor-mounted airbag 4. The crash sensor 8 may be a sensor responsive to vehicle impact, such as an accelerometer, or a sensor responsive to an imminent accident, such as a pre crash sensor.
In response to a possible accident being sensed by the sensor 8, the air bag 4 mounted on the floor of the vehicle will inflate to form a protective cushion lying above the horizontal section 2 and the inclined section 3 of the floor pan of the vehicle. The air-bag 7 within the housing 6 will also be deployed. As illustrated in Figure 2, the air-bag 7 initially located within the housing 6 is of elongate shape and, on deployment, moves downwardly or moves downwardly and forwardly relative to the housing 6. Thus the movement of the air-bag is with a downward movement or with a downward movement having a forward component. The effect of inflation of the air-bag 7 is to move the foot or leg of a seat occupant downwardly. The foot or leg is thus brought to a position in which it is gently trapped between the air-bag 7 descending from the dashboard 5, and the floor-mounted air-bag 4 moving upwardly from the floor sections 2,3.
The combination of the two air-bags 4 and 7 may be provided in a single unit with a single gas generator to inflate both air-bags.
Whilst, in the embodiment of Figures 1 and 2, an air-bag is provided which moves downwardly, or downwardly and forwardly, in order to move to the foot of the seat occupant downwardly, in the embodiment of Figure 3 a further form of air-bag 10 is provided which is mounted immediately beneath the dashboard 5. The air-bag 10 is configured such that on inflation, it has a cylindrical form and extends transversely across the foot well. The air-bag 10 is connected, at each end thereof, to a respective elongate flexible element in the form of a belt 11 which is wound on a floor mounted retractor 12.
On actuation of the safety device of Figure 3, the air-bag 10 becomes inflated, and the air-bag 10 is released from its initial position beneath the dashboard 5. The air-bag is thus drawn downwardly and forwardly by the actuation of the belts 11 as they are withdrawn into the retractors 12 provided at each end of the cylindrical bag 10 (see Figure 4). The cylindrical bag 10 is, during this movement, inflated so that the cylindrical bag will engage the foot of a seat occupant to move the foot downwardly and forwardly into contact with the floor of the vehicle. Again, a floor mounted air-bag 4 similar to that described above with reference to Figures 1 and 2 may be provided if desired.
Figure 5 illustrates a further embodiment of the invention, which again incorporates floor mounted retractors 12 and a belt 11. In this embodiment, an elongate flexible element in the form of a single belt 11 is provided having the opposed ends thereof connected to two separate retractors 12, which are spaced apart laterally across the floor pan. Parts of the belt 11 are initially retained by releasable loops, such as the loop 13, mounted immediately beneath the dashboard 5. Thus the strap 11 initially arches upwardly and above the feet and legs of the occupants of the front seat of the vehicle.
In an accident situation, the releasable loops 13 are released in response to a signal from the crash sensor 8, and the belt 11 is drawn in by the retractors 12. The belt thus moves downwardly with a possible forward motion (as illustrated in Figure 6) in order to urge the feet and legs of a seat occupant downwardly.
Figure 7 illustrates a further embodiment of the invention in which a transverse pressure plate 20 is provided which is mounted in position beneath the dashboard 5 of the vehicle so as to extend transversely across the foot well.
The pressure plate 20 is mounted in position by means of a drive linkage 21.
On actuation of the safety device the drive linkage 21 drives the pressure plate downwardly, and possibly downwardly and forwardly, relative to its initial position, again to apply a downward force, with an optional forward component, to the feet or legs of a seat occupant.
In the present specification "comprises" means "includes or consists of" and "comprising" means "including or consisting of".
The features disclosed in the foregoing description, or the following claims, or the accompanying drawings, expressed in their specific forms or in terms of a means for performing the disclosed function, or a method or process for attaining the disclosed result, as appropriate, may, separately, or in any combination of such features, be utilised for realising the invention in diverse forms thereof.

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1. A safety arrangement provided in a motor vehicle, the safety arrangement incorporating an element mounted above the foot well of the vehicle, the element being configured so that on actuation of the safety arrangement, the element moves downwardly, with an optional forward component of movement, to engage the feet or legs of a seat occupant of the vehicle.
2. A safety arrangement according to Claim l wherein the foot well of the vehicle is provided with a floor mounted air-bag to be inflated to lift the foot of a seat occupant above the floor of the vehicle.
3. An arrangement according to Claim 1 or Claim 2 wherein the element is in the form of an air-bag.
4. An arrangement according to Claim 3 wherein the air-bag is initially packed within a housing mounted within or on the underside of a dashboard within the vehicle.
5. An arrangement according to any preceding Claim wherein the element is in the form of an air-bag which extends transversely of the vehicle, the air- bag being drawn downwardly by elongate flexible elements connected to the ends of the air-bag and received with n retractor mechanisms.
6. An arrangement according to Claim 3, 4 or 5 as dependent on Claim 2 wherein the two air-bags form part of a single unit.
7. An arrangement according to Claim 1 or Claim 2 wherein the element is in the form of an elongate element having opposed ends thereof connected to floor mounted retractors, the element passing through releasable loops mounted in the region of the dashboard of the vehicle, the releasable loops being releasable to permit the elongate flexible element to be drawn in by the retractors so that the elongate flexible element moves downwardly with an optional forward component.
8. An arrangement according to Claiml or Claim 2, wherein the element is in the form of a pressure plate mounted on a linkage, the linkage being actuable to drive the pressure plate downwardly with an optional forward component of motion.
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9. An arrangement according to any one of the preceding Claims associated with a crash sensor to actuate the arrangement.
10. A safety arrangement substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
11. A safety arrangement substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in Figures 3 and 4 of the accompanying drawings.
12. A safety arrangement substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in Figures 5 and 6 of the accompanying drawings.
13. A safety arrangement substantially as herein described with reference to and as shown in Figure 7 of the accompanying drawings.
14. Any novel feature or combination of features disclosed herein.
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