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US 10,471,919 B2Granted
Vehicle airbag system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Abstract
An airbag system includes a first seat including a seat bottom. The airbag system includes an instrument panel. The airbag system includes a first airbag supported by the seat bottom and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag system includes a pair of front airbags supported by the instrument panel and inflatable to inflated positions. The first airbag in the inflated position extends from the first seat to between the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions.
Claims18
An airbag system comprising:
- a first seat including a seat bottom;
- an instrument panel;
- a first airbag supported by the seat bottom and being inflatable to an inflated position;
- and
- a pair of front airbags supported by the instrument panel and being inflatable to inflated positions;
- and
- the first airbag in the inflated position extending from the first seat to between the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions;
- wherein the first airbag in the inflated position abuts at least one of the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions;
- and
- wherein the first airbag in the inflated position curves between the instrument panel and one of the pair of front airbags.
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An airbag system comprising:
- a first seat including a seat bottom;
- an instrument panel;
- a pair of front airbags supported by the instrument panel and being inflatable to inflated positions;
- a first airbag supported by the seat bottom and being inflatable to an inflated position, the first airbag in the inflated position extending from the first seat to between the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions;
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- a computer programmed to actuate inflation of the first airbag, the computer programmed to actuate inflation of at least one of the pair of front airbags at a predetermined amount of time after the actuation of the first airbag.
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An airbag system comprising:
- a first seat including a seat bottom;
- an instrument panel;
- a pair of front airbags supported by the instrument panel and being inflatable to inflated positions;
- a first airbag supported by the seat bottom and being inflatable to an inflated position, the first airbag in the inflated position extending from the first seat to between the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions;
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- a deflector supported by the seat bottom, the deflector configured to deflect the first airbag upwardly as the first airbag inflates.
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An airbag system comprising:
- a first seat including a seat bottom;
- an instrument panel;
- a first airbag supported by the seat bottom and being inflatable to an inflated position;
- and
- a pair of front airbags supported by the instrument panel and being inflatable to inflated positions;
- the first airbag in the inflated position extending from the first seat to between the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions;
- and
- a second airbag being inflatable to an inflated position, the seat bottom including a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first airbag supported on the first side and the second airbag supported on the second side;
- wherein the first airbag in the inflated position abuts at least one of the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions;
- and
- wherein the first airbag and the second airbag in the inflated positions each have a distal end spaced upwardly from the seat bottom, and wherein a distance from the seat bottom to the distal end of the first airbag is greater than a distance from the seat bottom to the distal end of the second airbag.
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An airbag system comprising:
- a first seat including a seat bottom and a seat back;
- an instrument panel;
- a first airbag supported by the seat bottom and being inflatable to an inflated position;
- and
- a pair of front airbags supported by the instrument panel and being inflatable to inflated positions;
- and
- the first airbag in the inflated position extending from the first seat to between the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions;
- wherein the first airbag in the inflated position abuts at least one of the pair of front airbags in the inflated positions;
- and
- wherein the first airbag in the inflated position abuts the seat back and the instrument panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.