US 12,263,800 B2
Vehicle protection device
Mikhail Kostkin, Vrhnika (SI)
Assigned to PEK AUTOMOTIVE D.O.O., Logatec (SI)
Appl. No. 17/922,364
Filed by PEK AUTOMOTIVE D.O.O., Vrhnika (SI)
PCT Filed May 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/000275
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/220023, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0174009 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 19/46 (2006.01); B60R 21/34 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 19/46 (2013.01) [B60R 21/34 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle protection device, including a base and a barrier located in front of the base and connected to the latter by at least two struts attached at one end to the barrier and at another end to the base; wherein, each of said struts is made of at least two separate rod-shaped elements having holes along their longitudinal axes and detachable joints at their ends, and configured to stay connected with each other by force of a flexible element going through the holes of all rod-shaped elements of the struts and capable of disengaging from each other under axial or lateral load; wherein said flexible element is adapted to interact with a base-mounted mechanism for activating a she sensor of a vehicle stopping system.