Safe protection equipment for all vehicles and drivers

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention generally relates to improvements in protecting both vehicles and drivers over collision accidents utilizing the elasticity of ring from either front, rear, side and/or corner. The rings will be compressed to reduce the colliding force when the vehicle hits an obstacle or collides with each other. The reduced colliding force will be passed to the chassis of the vehicle.

There is no change for the current airbag protection system.

BACKGROUND ART

Currently, most vehicles use airbag to protect the drivers in collision accidents. There is limitation with airbag protection. Airbag only protects driver, but not vehicle. When the vehicle hits an obstacle or collide with each other, the vehicle body and auto parts can be damaged. In case of heavy collision accident, not only the vehicles are seriously damaged, but also the drivers could be seriously injured or even killed due to the strong colliding force. Even in case the collision is not heavy, the vehicle body or auto parts are still damaged.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An object of the present invention is to utilize the elasticity of ring made of rubber, alloy steel, carbon fiber or other material with high strength to reduce the colliding force and pass the reduced colliding force to the chassis to protect the vehicle and improve the protection over drivers. The current airbag protection system is not changed. Overall it will significantly reduce the damage for both vehicles and drivers in the collision accidents.

In accordance with the present invention, there are multiple rings fixed to two plates with one plate fixed to the front of the bumper that is fixed to the chassis of the vehicle.

In accordance with the present invention, when the vehicle hits an obstacle or collides with another vehicle, the front plate that fixes the rings will push the rings, if the vehicle hits the obstacle or collides with another vehicle in straight line or almost in straight line. During this process, the rings will reduce the colliding force by compression. If the vehicle is hit in the left or right corner, one of the rings will be pushed directly and compressed to reduce the colliding force. In both situation, the reduced colliding force will be passed to the chassis. If the collision is not heavy, there should be no any damage to both vehicle and driver. If the collision is heavy, it might cause the vehicle turning back. It might still trigger the vehicle to pop up the airbag. In any case, it will significantly reduce the damage to the vehicle and driver.

In accordance with the present invention, this equipment can be installed on front, rear, side or corner of the vehicle with similar design architecture. The equipment can be installed in the existing bumper without change in the vehicle. Some vehicles might need to change the chassis and frame design to attach the equipment properly.

In accordance with the present invention, the equipment can have multiple rings with different size. The rings of big size will be compressed first. Such kind of combination will reduce the colliding force smoothly.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS There are five figures in the attached drawings.

Fig. 1 provides the S-D view of the bumper that is fixed to the vehicle chassis on one end and has the rings installed at front.

Fig. 2 provides the S-D view of the rings that are fixed by two plates.

Fig. 3 provides the vertical view of the safe protection equipment that is fixed to the vehicle chassis.

Fig. 4 provides the vertical view of the safe protection equipment that has different size of rings.

Fig. 5 provides the vertical view of the safe protection equipment that has different size of rings with another type of design.

Following are the detailed information about the primary components of the equipment.

1. Tube or bar that constructs the bumper.

2. Ring: It has high elasticity. The material of the ring can be rubber, alloy steel or carbon fiber that has high strength. The safe protection equipment uses multiple rings. 3. Back plate that fixes the rings on one side and is fixed to the bumper on other side.

4. Front plate that fixes the rings.

5. Vehicle chassis that attaches the bumper.

6. Small size ring.

Note: The size needs further experiment based on the type and size of vehicles.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

This equipment can be applied to all type of vehicles, e.g., cars, vans and trucks. The material of the ring (2) needs to be rubber, alloy steel, carbon fibers or other material with high strength. The size of equipment needs further experiment based on the vehicle. The bumper (1) can be designed in different ways such as plate or combination of tube. The equipment can contain rings (2) with different size, the rings (2) with big size will be compressed first. For some vehicles, the existing bumper (1) can be utilized. For other vehicles, the chassis (5) of the vehicle need some design change or strength enhancement.

When the vehicle hit an obstacle, or two vehicles collide with each other in straight line or almost straight line, the front plate (4) will push the rings (2). The rings (2) will push the bumper (1) through the back plate (3). If the vehicle is hit at the left or right corner, one of the rings (2) will be pushed directly. During this process, the rings (2) will be compressed to reduce the colliding force. The reduced force will be passed to the chassis (5) by the bumper (1). If the colliding is very heavy, it will also trigger the vehicle to pop up the airbag. In any case, the damage of the vehicle and the driver from the collision accidents will be reduced significantly.