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US 10,518,733 B2Granted
Seat with airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAlan George Dry, Brian Robert Spahn, Johnathan Andrew Line, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Kevin Wayne Preuss
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Abstract
A seat includes a seatback including a top portion, a seat bottom coupled to the seatback, an airbag, a tether fixed to the seatback below the top portion and attached to the airbag, and an airbag extension. The airbag is inflatable from an undeployed position in the top portion to a deployed position attached to the top portion and extending in front of a front panel of the seatback. The airbag extension is inflatable from the airbag in the deployed position in front of the seat bottom.
Claims16
A seat, comprising:
- a seatback including a top portion, a first side panel, a second side panel opposite the first side panel, and a front panel extending from the first side panel to the second side panel;
- a seat bottom coupled to the seatback;
- an airbag inflatable to a deployed position, the airbag in the deployed position being attached to the top portion and extending in front of the seatback, the airbag including an outer shell portion;
- a tether fixed to the seatback below the top portion and attached to the outer shell portion of the airbag;
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- an airbag extension inflatable from the airbag in the deployed position, the airbag extension upon inflation being disposed in a forward direction from the seat bottom;
- wherein the tether defines a radial inflation path for the airbag, the path centered where the tether is fixed to the seatback;
- the tether extends from the first side panel to the second side panel;
- the tether is movable from an undeployed position covered by the first side panel to the airbag in the undeployed position, to a deployed position extending out of the first side panel to the airbag in the deployed position;
- the first side panel includes a frangible seam extending along the tether in the undeployed position;
- and
- the airbag in the deployed position extends between the tether and the front panel.
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A seat, comprising:
- a seatback including a top portion, a first side panel, a second side panel opposite the first side panel, and a front panel extending from the first side panel to the second side panel;
- a seat bottom coupled to the seatback;
- an airbag inflatable to a deployed position, the airbag in the deployed position being attached to the top portion and extending in front of the seatback;
- a tether fixed to the seatback below the top portion and attached to the airbag;
- and
- an airbag extension inflatable from the airbag in the deployed position, the airbag extension upon inflation being disposed in a forward direction from the seat bottom;
- wherein the tether defines a radial inflation path for the airbag, the path centered where the tether is fixed to the seatback;
- the tether extends from the first side panel to the second side panel;
- the tether is movable from an undeployed position covered by the first side panel to the airbag in the undeployed position, to a deployed position extending out of the first side panel to the airbag in the deployed position;
- the first side panel includes a frangible seam extending along the tether in the undeployed position;
- the airbag in the deployed position extends between the tether and the front panel;
- the airbag includes an inflation chamber, a main shell surrounding the inflation chamber, and a reinforcement panel extending between the tether and the main shell and attached to the main shell.
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A seat, comprising:
- a seatback including a top portion;
- a seat bottom coupled to the seatback;
- an airbag inflatable to a deployed position, the airbag in the deployed position being attached to the top portion and extending in front of the seatback;
- a first tether fixed to the seatback below the top portion and attached to the airbag;
- an airbag extension inflatable from the airbag in the deployed position, the airbag extension upon inflation being disposed in a forward direction from the seat bottom;
- and
- a second tether fixed to the seatback below the top portion and attached to the airbag extension;
- wherein the first tether is fixed to the seatback at a first attachment point, and the second tether is fixed to the seatback at a second attachment point below the first attachment point.
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