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US 10,464,518 B2Granted
Vehicle airbag system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDeepak Patel, Zhibing Deng, Brian Robert Spahn
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Abstract
A seat includes a seatback having an exterior panel. The seat includes a first member and a second member each being inflatable to an inflated position and defining an inflation chamber, the inflation chambers spaced from each other. The exterior panel extends between and is secured to the first member and the second member external to the inflation chambers in the inflated position.
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A seat comprising:
- a seatback having an exterior panel;
- a first member and a second member each being inflatable to an inflated position and defining an inflation chamber, the inflation chambers spaced from each other;
- the exterior panel extending between and secured to the first member and the second member external to the inflation chambers in the inflated position;
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- a tether including a first end secured to the exterior panel and a second end secured to the seatback other than to the exterior panel.
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An airbag assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a first member and a second member spaced from the first member, the first member and the second member each supported by the housing and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position, the first member in the inflated position is spaced from the second member in the inflated position by a threshold distance based on a shoulder width of a standard crash test dummy such that the shoulders of the standard crash test dummy contact the first member and the second member and a head of the standard crash test dummy fits between the first member and the second member;
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- an exterior panel secured to the first member and the second member and disposed outside of the housing and having a class-A surface while the first member and the second member are in the uninflated position.
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A seat comprising:
- a seatback having an exterior panel;
- a first member and a second member each being inflatable to an inflated position and defining an inflation chamber, the inflation chambers spaced from each other;
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- the exterior panel extending between and secured to the first member and the second member external to the inflation chambers in the inflated position;
- wherein the first member and the second member in the inflated position each have an arcuate shape with a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the first end and the second end secured to the seatback.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.