US 12,227,170 B1
Pneumatically sensed vehicle injury and damage mitigation system
Allen D. Hertz, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Andrew A. McClary, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed by Allen D. Hertz, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Andrew A. McClary, Boca Raton, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/929,063.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/875,218, filed on Jul. 17, 2019.
Int. Cl. B60W 30/09 (2012.01); A61G 5/04 (2013.01); A61G 5/10 (2006.01); B62J 27/30 (2020.01); B62J 45/20 (2020.01); B62J 45/41 (2020.01); B62K 5/007 (2013.01)
CPC B60W 30/09 (2013.01) [A61G 5/04 (2013.01); A61G 5/10 (2013.01); B62J 27/30 (2020.02); B62J 45/20 (2020.02); B62J 45/41 (2020.02); B62K 5/007 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An impact resolution system for a mobility scooter, the impact resolution system comprising:
at least one pressure vessel that generates a change in pressure when a compression force is applied to an exterior surface of one or more of the at least one pressure vessel, the at least one pressure vessel being carried by the mobility scooter;
at least one pressure sensor arranged to be affected by a change in pressure within a respective monitored pressure vessel of the at least one pressure vessel; and
an operational controller in communication with each of the at least one pressure sensor, where the operational controller is programmed to a sense the change in pressure when the compression force is applied to the exterior surface of one or more of the at least one pressure vessel and upon sensing of the change in pressure, the operational controller one of directly or indirectly governs moving operation of the mobility scooter,
wherein, when traveling with up to a maximum rated load at up to a maximum rate of travel, upon impact, the impact resolution system causes the mobility scooter to decelerate to a stop.