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US 10,266,140 B2Granted
Restraint system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRaed Essa EL-Jawahri, James Chih Cheng, Robert William McCoy
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Abstract
A restraint system for a vehicle includes a floor, a platform, and a deployable device. A hinge couples the platform to the floor. The deployable device is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. A material forming the platform is stiffer than a material forming the deployable device.
Claims20
A restraint system comprising:
- a floor having a floor-pan portion and a toe-pan portion at oblique angle from the floor-pan portion;
- a floor covering extending over the floor;
- a platform;
- a hinge coupling the platform to the floor and defining an axis of rotation of the platform about the floor;
- and
- a deployable device coupled to the floor between the platform and the floor;
- wherein the deployable device is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position;
- the floor covering includes a bend defined by the oblique angle between the toe-pan portion and the floor-pan portion when the deployable device is in the uninflated position;
- the hinge is located beneath the bend;
- and
- the platform is stiffer than the deployable device.
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A restraint system comprising:
- a platform having a first end, a curved end portion opposite the first end, and a concave side of the curved end portion;
- a hinge coupled to the first end;
- and
- a deployable device adjacent the concave side of the platform and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position;
- wherein the platform is stiffer than the deployable device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.