US 12,280,732 B2
Safety system for a motor vehicle, method for controlling a safety system, and control unit
Achim Hofmann, Tüßling (DE); and Christian Jung, Mühldorf am Inn (DE)
Assigned to ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Alfdorf (DE)
Appl. No. 18/015,983
Filed by ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH, Alfdorf (DE)
PCT Filed Jul. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/069458
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 13, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/013218, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 118 712.2 (DE), filed on Jul. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271587 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/268 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/268 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety system for an automotive vehicle, comprising
a gas tank in which pressurized gas, specifically inert gas, is stored,
a valve associated with the gas tank, wherein the gas is led out of the gas tank via the valve,
at least one airbag which is connected to the valve via a fluid line, and
a control device which is electronically connected to the valve and is configured to control the valve,
wherein vehicle information is stored in the control device and the control device is configured to control the valve in an accident situation of the vehicle based on the vehicle information and to fill the at least one airbag with the gas stored in the gas tank to fill the at least one airbag with a specific amount of gas configured to pressurize the airbag to a pressure based at least partially on the vehicle information,
wherein the vehicle information comprises information related to the vehicle type so that the valve releases the specific amount of gas from the gas tank according to the specific vehicle type.