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US 10,112,570 B2Granted
Seat supported airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSaeed David Barbat, Mohammed Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Abstract
A seating assembly for use in a vehicle includes a seat back and an airbag. The seat back has a bottom, a top, and a midpoint between the bottom and the top. The airbag is supported by the seat back and is inflatable to an inflated position. In the inflated position the airbag may extend from the top to a location between the midpoint and the bottom and define a cavity with an opening facing the bottom and away from the seat back.
Claims17
An assembly comprising:
- a seat back having a bottom, a top, and a midpoint between the bottom and the top;
- an airbag supported by the seat back and inflatable to an inflated position;
- a first tether connecting the airbag to a first side of the seat back and a second tether connecting the airbag to a second side of the seat back;
- and
- in the inflated position the airbag extends from the top to a location between the midpoint and the bottom and defines a cavity with an opening facing the bottom and away from the seat back.
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An assembly comprising:
- a seat bottom;
- a seat back having a top and a bottom, the seat back supported by the seat bottom at the bottom;
- an airbag supported by the seat back and inflatable to an inflated position, the airbag having a first chamber and a second chamber fluidly separated from each other;
- and
- in the inflated position the airbag is designed to extend from the top to below a shoulder of a Hybrid III 50th male crash test dummy positioned in a seated position on the seat bottom and defines a cavity with an opening facing the bottom and away from the seat back.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a floor;
- a seat bottom rotatably supported by the floor;
- a seat back having a top opposite a bottom and supported by the seat bottom at the bottom;
- an airbag supported by the seat back and inflatable to an inflated position, the airbag having a first chamber and a second chamber fluidly separated from each other;
- and
- in the inflated position the airbag extends from the top toward the bottom and defines a cavity with an opening facing the bottom and away from the seat back.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.