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US 10,717,404 B2Granted
Side pillar air curtain guide with air curtain insert having a plurality of ribs
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDiego Fabricio Villacres Mesias, Alfredo Cuevas Vega, Hector Hernandez Hernandez, Robert Ralph Armitage, Jr., Amy Marie Boardman
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Abstract
A side pillar air curtain guide includes a main body having a ramp receiver and an air curtain ramp insert connected to the main body. The air curtain ramp receiver insert includes a plurality of ribs projecting from the main body at an acute included angle with the main body.
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A side pillar air curtain guide, comprising:
- a main body including a ramp receiver and a ramp apron, said ramp receiver being adjacent to and below said ramp apron;
- and
- an air curtain ramp insert held in said ramp receiver, said air curtain ramp insert including a plurality of exposed ribs projecting away from said main body at an acute included angle between 10 degrees and 60 degrees with said main body wherein said ramp apron has a first air curtain guide surface and said air curtain ramp insert has a second air curtain guide surface aligned with said first air curtain guide surface.
A side pillar air curtain guide, comprising:
- a main body including a ramp receiver and a ramp apron, said ramp receiver being adjacent to and below said ramp apron;
- and
- an air curtain ramp insert held in said ramp receiver, said air curtain ramp insert including a plurality of exposed ribs projecting away from said main body at an acute included angle between 30 degrees and 40 degrees with said main body wherein said ramp apron has a first air curtain guide surface and said air curtain ramp insert has a second air curtain guide surface aligned with said first air curtain guide surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.