Apple applied to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) for a new patent for Apple cars. The patent content disclosed in the information shows that Apple tried to transform the door and window design and internal structure of the car, thus completely transforming the new driving experience of the car and creating a new scene of the interior space of the car.
First, a partition and a large airbag are arranged.
Except for some business models, most passengers in traditional cars sit forward, so in some frontal collision traffic accidents, there are still a lot of serious injuries despite the protection of seat belts and airbags.
Apple's Apple Car has designed the interior space so that all seats face the middle of the vehicle. Apple recommends the use of expandable partitions with expandable side arms and additional blocking materials.
The way to achieve this is to install a set of large airbags on the roof of the car, or to install airbags in the seat belt, so as to limit the injury caused by passengers' large-scale movement and reduce the impact when accidents occur.
Second, the seat movement
In order to avoid the danger of face-to-face collision, Apple hopes to solve it by moving the seat. When a collision occurs, the front seat moves backward for a certain distance in real time, and the rear passengers move forward for a certain distance in real time, so as to reduce the impact caused by the collision and minimize the possibility of contact between passengers.
Third, reduce the damage caused by projectiles.
In the event of an accident, many items in the car will fly away because of the impact. Apple hopes to solve this problem by setting partitions. The partition can also provide protection for loose items in the car, ensuring that the items in the back seat are blocked by the partition instead of being thrown into the front half of the car, thus eliminating further damage caused by high-speed projectiles.
The partition may also include a hidden tether to guide the airbag to deploy to a predetermined position.
At present, the patents submitted are mainly concentrated in these aspects, but Apple has made rapid progress in the exploration of Apple Car, and the progress of patent application is also very fast. I believe that more details will be exposed later, and Apple's planning and vision for the car scene will become clearer and clearer.
This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.