This new Swedish patent of Mo’cycle It goes beyond the already known airbag vests or inflatable collars. It is an integral active system, an hidden armor that wraps legs, arms, torso, head and feet by means of a network of air channels that expand when detecting a fall or collision. An authentic “fancy“As for security for the motorist.
At first glance, the set does not differ much from the most common urban clothing. That is, jeans, a casual jacket and a couple of boots. But as we are telling you, under these garments a sophisticated engineering is hidden. Sealed tubes, technical fabrics with controlled elasticity and abrasion -resistant materials, which allow integrating the system without sacrificing style or comfort.
The origin of this development goes back almost twenty years ago. As we have been able to know, the founder of the company, after suffering a motorcycle drop while wearing jeans, tried to improve their safety by adding leather reinforcements. He achieved some protection against abrasion, but the defense against impacts was minimal, or even void. Hence the obsession of creating pants that offered the protection of a circuit suit, but with the aesthetics and comfort of street clothes.
Today, that vision materializes in an innovative patent that takes a step further. Thus, in its most advanced version, the pants incorporate an inflatable structure that covers not only knees and hips, but also thighs, buttocks, waist and calves.
Of course, this protection is key, since the lesions in the lower part of the body are the most frequent in serious accidents and also those that lead to the greatest long -term consequences.
Innovative airbag technology in each garment
But Mo’cycle He has not conformed to protect the torso and legs. The patent also has inflatable boots, with the same principle of operation. And yes, you have read well. According to the data we have been able to know, the system can be activated in two ways:
- Mechanical activation: using an anchor cord connected to the motorcycle, which triggers the inflation when separate abruptly from the vehicle.
- Electronic activation: With inertial sensors that detect falls, abnormal inclination angles or extreme decelerations, and that activate the system in milliseconds. In addition, the different elements (such as jacket and boots) can communicate with each other by radiofrequency to confirm the risk situation.
A striking detail of the design, and quite curious, is the incorporation of what they call “inflatable parachute«. But that does not deceive your denomination, are not braking devices in the classical direction of parachute, but their deployment in the shoulder area and the head creates a resistance to progress that helps reduce speed before impact. At the same time, they act as lateral padding for the most important part of our body, the head. And, in addition, it is especially useful in oblique or falling blows with rotation.
In the era that we are living of extreme connectivity, and how can it be otherwise, the system can be linked to a mobile application that expands its functionalities. Airbag status, battery level, real -time geolocation, registration of paths, speeds and even driving analysis. This opens the door not only to a greater consciousness of the pilot about his safety, but also to sports or recreational applications, such as analyzing times for return or sharing routes with other users.
The really disruptive is that this technology seeks to integrate into the daily routine of the motorist. Unlike circuit monkeys or bulky protections, the goal is to put this equipment to go to work, class or make the purchase, without feeling uncomfortable or out of place.
This approach can be decisive, since many motorists dispense with the equipment for their discomfort or for aesthetic reasons. If protection can be carried as one more cowboy or a casual jacket, one of the most important barriers for the mass adoption of the security team is eliminated.
This entire body airbag system is in the development phase and there is no official launch date. But, Mo’cycle It is in the process of bringing this new technology to functional prototypes. The base is sitting. And if the tests meet what was promised, we could be facing a before and after in the world of passive security for motorists. A protection that is not seen, but that is there.
