Patent ID: 8191666

Claim:
A vehicle safety device provided with an impact absorption unit, the impact absorption unit comprising: an impact absorption body, the impact absorption body comprising: an elongated load input portion having a pair of ends, a pair of legs, each leg having ends, one leg of the pair of legs being coupled at one end to an end of the elongated load input portion and another leg of the pair of legs being coupled at one end to a different end in a longitudinal direction of the elongated load input portion, and a support portion to which other ends of each leg of the pair of legs are fixed such that contact and separation of the other ends of the pair of legs in the longitudinal direction of the load input portion are regulated and the ends of the pair of legs are displaced relative to the other ends of the pair of legs, as the load input portion folds; a drive unit which can drive the impact absorption body in a direction of separation from the vehicle body; and a controller which, if the controller has predicted a collision with a collision object, controls the drive unit so that the impact absorption body is driven by the predetermined amount in the direction of separation from the vehicle body, wherein the vehicle safety device is configured to generate a displacement area which suppresses an increase in a supported load with respect to an increase in folding displacement in a collision direction of the load input portion.