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US 10,766,445 B2Granted
Vehicle airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDavid R. Huelke, Eric Axel Smitterberg
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Abstract
An airbag assembly includes a housing and an airbag supported by the housing. A sheet includes a first end fixed relative to the housing and a second end. A reinforcement is elongated on the sheet. The sheet is deployable below the airbag with the second end free from the airbag.
Claims9
A system comprising:
- an instrument panel elongated along an axis;
- an airbag supported by the instrument panel;
- a sheet including a first end fixed relative to the instrument panel and a second end free from the instrument panel;
- and
- a reinforcement on the sheet;
- the reinforcement being substantially parellel to the first end;
- the reinforcement being spaced from the first end and the second end, and the reinforcement being closer to the second end than to the first end;
- the sheet being deployable below the airbag with the second end free from the airbag and the reinforcement elongated along the axis;
- the reinforcement including a pleat on the sheet;
- the pleat defining a pocket and a spine in the pocket;
- the spine being rigid relative to the sheet;
- and
- the spine being polymeric.
10 more elements
An airbag assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- an airbag supported by the housing;
- a sheet including a first end fixed relative to the housing and a second end free from the housing;
- and
- a reinforcement that is elongated on the sheet;
- the reinforcement being substantially parallel to the first end;
- the reinforcement being spaced from the first end and the second end, and the reinforcement being closer to the second end than to the first end;
- the sheet being deployable below the airbag with the second end free from the airbag;
- the reinforcement including a pleat on the sheet;
- the pleat defining a pocket and a spine in the pocket;
- the spine being rigid relative to the sheet;
- and
- the spine being polymeric.
10 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.