Collapsing a display device in order to deploy an airbag
A method is disclosed for triggering at least one airbag, in particular a passenger airbag, positioned behind or next to a display apparatus, an impact being detected and at least one airbag being triggered via a control unit, a triggering unit being triggered in addition to the at least one airbag in order to destroy the display apparatus. Furthermore, an apparatus is disclosed, in particular for use in a vehicle.
1. A method for triggering at least one airbag positioned in a vehicle behind or next to a display apparatus, the method comprising:
detecting, by a control unit, an impact of the vehicle;
triggering, by the control unit, at least one airbag; and
triggering, by a triggering unit, destruction of the display apparatus by a punch spike in response to the detecting, by the control unit, the impact of the vehicle.
2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the triggering unit is triggered by the control unit.
3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one airbag is at least one passenger airbag.
4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , the triggering unit being triggered by a pyrotechnic gas generator, by a cold gas generator or by releasing a preloaded spring.
5. The method as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the triggering, by the triggering unit, comprises driving the punch spike into the display apparatus to destroy the display apparatus.
6. The method as claimed in claim 4 , at least one glass layer, bonded to a safety film, of the display apparatus being fragmented and mechanically destabilized by way of the destruction of the display apparatus.
7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the triggering, by the triggering unit, comprises driving the punch spike into the display apparatus to destroy the display apparatus.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , at least one glass layer, bonded to a safety film, of the display apparatus being fragmented and mechanically destabilized by way of the destruction of the display apparatus.
9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , at least one glass layer, bonded to a safety film, of the display apparatus being fragmented and mechanically destabilized by way of the destruction of the display apparatus.
10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , the fragmented glass layer bonded to the safety film being collapsed by gravity or by the at least one triggered airbag.