Disclosed is a pedestrian collision determination system including a collision detection sensor and a control unit, the collision detection sensor including a conductive pattern disposed on a front surface of a shock absorber of a vehicle bumper to form an electromagnetic field by an application of alternating current power and a conductive material disposed at a position facing the conductive pattern on an inner surface of a bumper skin of the vehicle bumper, and the control unit determining an occurrence or non-occurrence of a collision of a pedestrian based on a change of a current flowing in the conductive pattern.

The disclosure relates to a gas generator for a vehicle safety system, comprising a first ignition stage, and a second second ignition stage. The first ignition stage comprises a cup-shaped diffuser with a diffuser base and an adjacent diffuser sidewall (57). The first ignition stage, the diffuser and the second ignition stage are arranged along an axial longitudinal axis of the gas generator and the diffuser is positioned between the first and second ignition stages such that the second ignition stage is fastened on an outer area of the diffuser.

A method for generating a trigger signal for triggering at least one safety function of a motor vehicle. The method includes at least the following method steps: a) receiving respective signals from at least two pressure tube sensors, b) determining at least one collision parameter from the signals received according to step a), c) outputting the trigger signal for the at least one safety function as a function of the at least one collision parameter determined in step b).

A method for generating a trigger signal for triggering at least one safety function of a motor vehicle. The method includes at least the following method steps: a) receiving respective signals from at least two pressure tube sensors, b) determining at least one collision parameter from the signals received according to step a), c) outputting the trigger signal for the at least one safety function as a function of the at least one collision parameter determined in step b).

The pedestrian airbag device includes an airbag cushion that expands and deploys from below the front hood toward the windshield. The airbag cushion has a main chamber covering at least the lower part of the windshield, a pillar chamber covering the A-pillar, provided at both ends of the main chamber in the vehicle width direction, a compartment wall partitioning the main chamber and the pillar chamber, an inner vent penetrating the compartment wall through which gas can pass, a bridge over the inner vent, and a patch attached so as to cover the inner vent on the pillar chamber side of the compartment wall, such that a portion is separable from the compartment wall.

The pedestrian airbag device includes an airbag cushion that expands and deploys from below the front hood toward the windshield. The airbag cushion has a main chamber covering at least the lower part of the windshield, a pillar chamber covering the A-pillar, provided at both ends of the main chamber in the vehicle width direction, a compartment wall partitioning the main chamber and the pillar chamber, an inner vent penetrating the compartment wall through which gas can pass, a bridge over the inner vent, and a patch attached so as to cover the inner vent on the pillar chamber side of the compartment wall, such that a portion is separable from the compartment wall.

Disclosed is a vehicle that includes an airbag stored within an onboard compartment and inflatable by an onboard inflator. When inflated, the airbag extends from an outer surface of the vehicle, and has a shape that is recognizable, to a sensor on an approaching second vehicle, as at least a portion of a solid structure of the vehicle. The airbag is also configured to absorb at least some energy from a collision between the vehicle and the approaching second vehicle.

Disclosed is a vehicle that includes an airbag stored within an onboard compartment and inflatable by an onboard inflator. When inflated, the airbag extends from an outer surface of the vehicle, and has a shape that is recognizable, to a sensor on an approaching second vehicle, as at least a portion of a solid structure of the vehicle. The airbag is also configured to absorb at least some energy from a collision between the vehicle and the approaching second vehicle.

A method of operating a vehicle is provided. The method comprises by a control circuitry of the vehicle in combination with one or more sensors of the vehicle, that a vulnerable subject is travelling on a path which intersects with a path on which the vehicle is travelling, determining, by the control circuitry, that a collision between the vehicle and the vulnerable subject is likely, predicting, by the control circuitry, a force of the collision, selecting, by the control circuitry in accordance with the predicted force of the collision, one of a plurality of models each defining an operation of the vehicle in response to determining that the vehicle is unable to avoid the collision, wherein the selected model is selected on the basis that the control circuitry determines it to result in a least amount of injury for the vulnerable subject from among the plurality of models, and controlling, by the control circuitry, one or more functions of the vehicle in accordance with the selected model.

A method of operating a vehicle is provided. The method comprises by a control circuitry of the vehicle in combination with one or more sensors of the vehicle, that a vulnerable subject is travelling on a path which intersects with a path on which the vehicle is travelling, determining, by the control circuitry, that a collision between the vehicle and the vulnerable subject is likely, predicting, by the control circuitry, a force of the collision, selecting, by the control circuitry in accordance with the predicted force of the collision, one of a plurality of models each defining an operation of the vehicle in response to determining that the vehicle is unable to avoid the collision, wherein the selected model is selected on the basis that the control circuitry determines it to result in a least amount of injury for the vulnerable subject from among the plurality of models, and controlling, by the control circuitry, one or more functions of the vehicle in accordance with the selected model.