Patent ID: 6623054
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A collision safety device for a vehicle having a bumper, comprising:a pivot bolt pivotally securing said bumper at one end thereof to said vehicle, a propellant charge (13), a strut having a first end and a second end wherein said second end is pivotally secured to said vehicle, said bumper comprising an elongated channel opening along a length thereof, wherein said strut is slidably connected to said bumper at said first end by a bolt through said elongated channel opening, an electric igniter (14) operably connected to said propellant charge, a sensor providing a current impulse to said electrical igniter through a computing device, wherein said sensor records the speed of said vehicle and its distance from an obstacle, a sleeve actuatable by said propellant charge and operably connected to a latch, wherein if the speed of said vehicle as determined by said sensor relative to said obstacle exceeds a predetermined value, said sensor triggers said electrical igniter and said propellant charge through said computing device whereupon said propellant charge actuates said sleeve to release said latch and said bumper pivots about said pivot bolt by said strut pivoting about said second end and said first end bolt moving along said channel.