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US 10,850,699 B2Granted
Seat airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsAlan George Dry, Srinivasan Sundararajan, Johnathan Andrew Line, Brian Robert Spahn, Benjamin Yilma, Derek Board, S. M. Akbar Berry
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Abstract
An assembly includes a seatback. The assembly includes a first airbag and a second airbag, each inflatable to an inflated position spaced from each other at the seatback and abutting each other in front of and spaced from the seatback. The assembly includes a sheet extending from the first airbag to the second airbag in front of where the first airbag abuts the second airbag in the inflated positions.
Claims18
An assembly, comprising:
- a seatback;
- a first airbag and a second airbag, each supported within the seatback and inflatable to an inflated position spaced from each other at the seatback and abutting each other in front of and spaced from the seatback, the first airbag and the second airbag in the inflated positions each including a top portion and a front portion, the top portions extending arcuately from the seatback to the front portions and spaced from each other, the front portions extending toward and abutting each other;
- and
- a sheet within the seatback prior to inflation of the first airbag and the second airbag, the sheet extending from the first airbag to the second airbag in front of where the first airbag abuts the second airbag in the inflated positions, and the sheet extending away from one of the front portions and toward the seatback.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a seatback;
- a first airbag and a second airbag, each inflatable to an inflated position spaced from each other at the seatback and abutting each other in front of and spaced from the seatback;
- a sheet extending from the first airbag to the second airbag in front of where the first airbag abuts the second airbag in the inflated positions;
- and
- a tether fixed to the seatback and extending to the sheet.
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An assembly, comprising:
- a seatback;
- a first airbag and a second airbag, each inflatable to an inflated position spaced from each other at the seatback and abutting each other in front of and spaced from the seatback;
- and
- a sheet extending from the first airbag to the second airbag in front of where the first airbag abuts the second airbag in the inflated positions, the sheet defining an opening between the first airbag and the second airbag in the inflated positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.