Airbag assemblies having sleeves and other flexible guide members and associated systems and methods are described herein. Airbag assemblies configured in accordance with some embodiments of the present technology can include a mounting bracket configured to be attached to a structure in an aircraft, such as a passenger seat back or a partition wall, adjacent to a component, such as a display screen. The airbag assemblies can further include an airbag and a guide sleeve attached to the mounting bracket. The airbag is configured to be inflated from a packed or stowed configuration to a deployed configuration. In the stowed configuration, the sleeve at least partially surrounds the airbag. Inflating the airbag to the deployed configuration causes the sleeve to extend between the airbag and at least a portion of the adjacent component to prevent the component or an associated opening from interfering with proper deployment of the airbag.

An external airbag safety system is provided. The airbag safety system embodied in the present invention is adapted to inflate externally around a vehicle or structure to lessen the impact of a collision. Each external airbag may be urged from a deflated stowed condition to an inflated deployed condition immediately prior the collision sensed by one or more of the sensors. In the stowed condition, the boundaries of the external airbags are mutually inclusive of the boundary of the associated vehicle or structure, while in the deployed condition the inflated airbag forms a shock-absorbing shape protruding operatively beyond the boundary of the associated vehicle or structure, thereby lessening the total destruction wrought from the imminent collision.

Fuselage configurations in which window seats project into and partially occupy inter-frame spaces. In accordance with some embodiments, a frame in proximity to a window seat is equipped with a riser duct closure cover for defining a riser duct for passing a volume of air through a supply duct located below a floor of a passenger cabin through the riser duct and through a crown distribution duct located above a ceiling of the passenger cabin. In accordance with other embodiments, the frames in proximity to window seats are equipped with respective airbags. More specifically, for each pair of adjacent frames in which the forward frame of the pair is located forward of the window seat, the aft frame of the pair is located aft of the window seat, the forward frame is equipped with an airbag.

A method for controlling deployment of an airbag relative to ground contact includes retrieving a predicted ground contact time for an aircraft from a crash prediction module, retrieving seat position measurements and occupant data for a seat in the aircraft, and comparing the predicted ground contact time, the seat position measurements and the occupant data to pre-established data to determine a custom airbag deployment time with respect to the predicted ground contact time, for at least one airbag on the aircraft. The method includes sending a signal to deploy the at least one airbag based on the custom airbag deployment time.

Provided is a crash detection device, a method of detecting a crash of a flying object, a parachute or paraglider deployment device, and an airbag device that can improve the reliability in terms of safety. A device detecting a crash of a flying object includes a detection part capable of detecting a flying state of the flying object, a calculation section capable of determining whether the flying state of the flying object is abnormal based on data on the flying state of the flying object acquired by the detection part, and an abnormal signal output section capable of outputting an abnormal signal to the outside when the calculation section determines that the flying state of the flying object is abnormal. The calculation section acquires data from the detection part at a sampling frequency of 1 kHz or more, determines whether the data is data indicating that the flying state of the flying object is abnormal or noise that is unnecessary data when the data is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, determines that the flying state of the flying object is abnormal when the data is determined to be the data indicating that the flying state of the flying object is abnormal.

An inflatable pod system on an aircraft includes an inflatable pod including a nozzle to receive air for inflation of the inflatable pod, and a hose assembly including a first end having an adaptor fitting that is configured to press fit with an air duct nozzle of an air duct of the aircraft and a second end having an adaptor configured to couple to the nozzle. In an example, the hose assembly delivers bleed air from the air duct, as provided by an environmental control system (ECS) of the aircraft, to the inflatable pod to inflate the inflatable pod. In another example, an air duct assembly line couples the ECS with the inflatable pod, and a control system triggers inflation via the air duct assembly line based on receipt of an electronic inflation signal.

A small flying vehicle capable of mitigating the shock at the time of falling and colliding with the ground or the like is provided.

A small flying vehicle equipped with an airbag device, capable of flying by radio control or autonomously flying by autopilot, and having a maximum length of 2 m or less, wherein the small flying vehicle has a main body part including a controller and a battery, a frame, a propeller, a motor, and a transmitting and receiving antenna; the airbag device has gas supply means, a sensor, a control device and an airbag, and is attached to the main body part; and the gas supply means is provided with a gas cylinder capable of releasing an internal gas when a closure member is broken and opened, breaking means including an electric igniter for opening the closure member of the gas cylinder, and introduction means for introducing the pressurized gas in the gas cylinder into the airbag to inflate the airbag.

An aerial vehicle safety apparatus includes an expandable object, an ejection apparatus, a bag-shaped member, and a gas generator. The expandable object is wound or folded in a non-expanded state and generates at least any of lift and buoyancy in an expanded state. The ejection apparatus is coupled to the expandable object by a coupling member and ejects the non-expanded expandable object into air. The bag-shaped member is provided in the expandable object and wound or folded together with or separately from the non-expanded expandable object, and expands the non-expanded expandable object by at least partially being inflated like a tube. The gas generator is provided in the expandable object and inflates the bag-shaped member by causing gas generated at the time of activation to flow into the bag-shaped member.

Systems and methods are provided for inflatable air pads for aircraft. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes an air pad affixed to a mount within an interior of an aircraft. The air pad includes a front face, a bladder that is inflatable within the air pad, and sides that constrain the front face of the air pad to extend a uniform distance outward from the mount when the bladder is inflated. The apparatus also includes an inflator that is coupled with the air pad and is configured to inflate the bladder from an undeployed volume to a deployed volume.

An unmanned aerial vehicle includes: a plurality of rotary wings; a load object disposed on an airframe of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the load object being an external device or a piece of goods disposed at an outside of the airframe; and an air bag device configured to protect the external device. The air bag device includes: a sensor configured to detect a collision and/or a fall of the airframe; an air bag inflatable by a supply of gas; and an inflator configured to supply the gas to the air bag. The air bag includes a plurality of buffers each being a bag body inflatable into an approximately columnar shape. The plurality of inflated buffers are aligned in their radial direction such that the plurality of inflated buffers cover an outer surface of the load object.