Abstract: A turret airbag system is provided including a plurality of airbags disposed within the turret to protect an occupant of the turret from injury and/or ejection from the turret. Turret airbags may be configured in padding around a turret access opening, and/or as substantially cylindrical airbags that deploy between the occupant of the turret and a wall or exterior opening of the turret. In some examples, the turret airbag(s) may be integrated with a countermeasure system that deploys explosion countermeasures and activates the turret airbags based on sensor data and multiple thresholds that indicate a collision event, a rollover event and/or an explosion event.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 14, 2014
Date of Patent:
February 28, 2017
Assignee:
Tencate Advanced Armor Design, Inc.
Inventors:
Paul A. Palmer, Andrew R. Hansen, Josef S. Dobriski