A sleeping occupant crash protection system includes an occupant sleeping compartment positioned within an autonomous vehicle. A substantially flat platform of the occupant sleeping compartment supports an occupant reclining in a horizontal sleep position. An elastic bedsheet is positioned in direct contact with an upper surface of the platform positioned between the occupant and the platform. A sensing system is in communication with the occupant sleeping compartment and triggers deployment of a bedsheet displacement system during a vehicle rapid deceleration event.

An assembly includes a bed having a reclined position in which the bed is elongated along an axis A. The bed includes a first side and a second side with the axis A between the first side and the second side. The bed in the reclined position has a first end and a second end spaced from each other along the axis A. The bed includes an occupant support surface between the first end and second end. The assembly includes an airbag that is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag is housed in the first end in the uninflated position. The airbag in the inflated position has an arch shape between the first side of the bed and the second side of the bed. The arch is elongated along the axis A from the first end toward the second end above the occupant support surface.

An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle bed elongated along an axis. The bed includes a first side and a second side with the axis between the first side and the second side. A first end and a second end are spaced from each other along the axis. The assembly includes a first airbag elongated along the axis on the first side of the bed and inflatable to an inflated position and a second airbag elongated along the axis on the second side of the bed and inflatable to an inflated position. An airbag extension is supported by the first airbag in the inflated position and abuts the second airbag in the inflated position. The assembly includes a tether extending from the first airbag to the second airbag. The tether abuts the airbag extension. The airbag extension is between the tether and the second end of the vehicle bed.

A truck cab bed restraint apparatus for keeping a sleeping co-driver safely secured in a bunk includes a barrier comprising a left half and a right half. A hinge is coupled to the barrier. The left half and the right half swingingly move between an extended position and an alternate folded position. The barrier in the extended position is configured to be selectively engageable between a mattress and a pair of cabinets of a cab of a semi-truck. A plurality of bar guides is coupled to the barrier. A bar is coupled to the plurality of bar guides. The bar is slidably engaged within a bar aperture of the plurality of bar guides. The bar secures the barrier in the extended position when engaged within at least one bar guide coupled to each of the left half and the right half.

The inventor, Cleo McCoy Jr. provides a unique, sleeper unit giving commercial tractor day cab truck operators an option to upgrade their day cab from a sleeping birth to a roomy sleeper unit that retracts and expands. The Retractable Day Cab Sleeper is designed for truck operators who find sleeping births and birth modifications inadequate but don't want to upgrade to a permanent sleeper modification. The Retractable Day Cab Sleeper can also be installed and uninstalled using common tools with no modifications to the existing truck.

An inflatable blanket for a vehicle includes a first blanket layer, a second blanket layer coupled to the first blanket layer, and an airbag disposed between the first blanket layer and the second blanket layer. The airbag has a deflated configuration and an inflated configuration to protect a vehicle occupant when the vehicle is subjected to an external force.

A truck cab bed restraint apparatus for keeping a sleeping co-driver safely secured in a bunk includes a barrier comprising a left half and a right half. A hinge is coupled to the barrier. The left half and the right half swingingly move between an extended position and an alternate folded position. The barrier in the extended position is configured to be selectively engageable between a mattress and a pair of cabinets of a cab of a semi-truck. A plurality of bar guides is coupled to the barrier. A bar is coupled to the plurality of bar guides. The bar is slidably engaged within a bar aperture of the plurality of bar guides. The bar secures the barrier in the extended position when engaged within at least one bar guide coupled to each of the left half and the right half.

The inventor, Cleo McCoy Jr. provides a unique, sleeper unit giving commercial tractor day cab truck operators an option to upgrade their day cab from a sleeping birth to a roomy sleeper unit that retracts and expands. The Retractable Day Cab Sleeper is designed for truck operators who find sleeping births and birth modifications inadequate but don't want to upgrade to a permanent sleeper modification. The Retractable Day Cab Sleeper can also be installed and uninstalled using common tools with no modifications to the existing truck.

A passenger protection apparatus includes a seat, an activation member, a first detector, a second detector, and a controller. The seat has a seat cushion on which a passenger can sit. The activation member is configured to be activated upward in the seat cushion. The first detector is configured to detect or predict a collision of a vehicle. The second detector is configured to detect a sitting state of the passenger sitting on the seat cushion. The controller is configured to control activation of the activation member. The activation member can change an activation point at which the activation member is activated upward. When the first detector detects or predicts a collision of the vehicle, the controller sets the activation point on a basis of the sitting position detected by the second detector, and activates the activation member upward in the seat cushion at the determined activation point.

A motor vehicle having a vehicle cabin, in which at least one front seat and at least one rear seat are arranged, and having a side impact protection system including an airbag apparatus associated with the front seat and an airbag apparatus associated with the rear seat. In order to functionally improve the motor vehicle, the airbag apparatuses include a respective chest airbag and a head airbag, wherein the chest airbag and the head airbag are inflatable by a common gas generator via a manifold.