Patent application for seat design

I think this design concept does not meet the requirements of vehicle safety, or it is just a technical reserve. Chery is applying? Patent of car ejection seat? ! According to relevant media reports, Chery Automobile announced a patent called? Automobile separated ejection seat and vehicle? . In the public information, the detachable ejection seat of the automobile is composed of multiple mechanisms, and the ejection mechanism is installed. When the vehicle controller receives a collision signal exceeding the system set value, the connection between the upper and lower seats will be separated, and the middle ejection mechanism will lift the upper seat and passengers into the air. It is reported that this patent is to protect passengers from casualties caused by collisions.

The patent caused a heated discussion on the Internet. Some netizens call it death ejection, and some netizens think this technology is worth a try.

I think this design concept does not meet the requirements of vehicle safety, and may even bring greater danger. There are two main reasons for this conclusion:

1. This function is passive. The passive function mentioned here actually means that the driver and passengers cannot directly control it, and everything is subject to the collision threshold detected by the system. However, all electronic systems may have errors. When a vehicle collides unexpectedly, it will be ejected into the sky without any preparation by the driver and passengers, which makes people feel unacceptable.

2. It is difficult to guarantee safety. The reason why airplanes use ejection seats is because there is enough safe altitude to open umbrellas in time. However, if the car wants to use the ejection seat, the ejection height of the driver and passengers and how to land are very serious problems, and the safety problem does not stop there.

If the accident happens in the tunnel, seat ejection may cause greater difficulties; If you happen to be on the bridge after ejection, you may fall off the bridge; If the passenger does not wear a seat belt, it may cause the seat to fly away from the passenger; If the car is full, the ejection order is also a problem. ......

There are so many such security problems that it is impossible to talk about them.

Personally, I think that instead of focusing on this unorthodox invention and research, car manufacturers might as well do research and innovation and put the quality of vehicles first, which is the most powerful protection for consumers.