US 12,214,231 B1
Emergency vehicular window-breaking device
Daniel Morgan, Murrells Inlet, SC (US)
Filed by Daniel Morgan, Murrells Inlet, SC (US)
Filed on Oct. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/483,681.
Int. Cl. A62B 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC A62B 3/005 (2013.01) [B60R 21/01 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0016 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01252 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An emergency vehicular window-breaking device comprising:
a striker mechanism and a trigger;
wherein the emergency vehicular window-breaking device is operable to shatter a window of a vehicle that has become at least partially submerged;
wherein the emergency vehicular window-breaking device is located within the vehicle where the striker mechanism strikes the window and the trigger is exposed to rising water as the vehicle sinks;
wherein the striker mechanism shatters a window glass after activation by the trigger;
wherein the trigger activates the striker mechanism responsive to being submerged;
wherein the striker mechanism comprises a striker, a striker mounting bracket, and a compression spring;
wherein the striker mounting bracket holds the striker away from the window glass and under tension from the compression spring;
wherein the compression spring forces the striker to impact the window glass after the striker is activated by the trigger;
wherein the striker is an L-shaped armature comprising a punch leg and a trigger leg;
wherein the punch leg comprises a tip and is oriented to be perpendicular to the window glass;
wherein the tip is sharpened to a point such that the tip shatters the window glass when the tip impacts the window glass.