Deployable panel for an airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSrinivas Reddy Malapati, Mangesh Kadam
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Abstract
An assembly includes a vehicle interior component. The assembly includes an airbag mounted to the vehicle interior component. The assembly includes a deployable panel supported by the vehicle interior component adjacent the airbag, the deployable panel being movable relative to the vehicle interior component between a retracted position and an extended position. The assembly includes a spring between the vehicle interior component and the deployable panel. The spring biases the deployable panel toward the extended position.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle interior component;
- an airbag mounted to the vehicle interior component;
- a deployable panel supported by the vehicle interior component adjacent the airbag, the deployable panel being movable relative to the vehicle interior component between a retracted position and an extended position;
- and
- a spring between the vehicle interior component and the deployable panel and biasing the deployable panel toward the extended position;
- an actuator releasably coupled to the deployable panel;
- the spring biasing the deployable panel toward the actuator.
An assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle interior component;
- an airbag mounted to the vehicle interior component;
- a deployable panel supported by the vehicle interior component adjacent the airbag, the deployable panel being movable relative to the vehicle interior component between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a spring between the vehicle interior component and the deployable panel and biasing the deployable panel toward the extended position;
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- a windshield, the deployable panel being positioned to be between the airbag and the windshield in the extended position.
An assembly, comprising:
- a vehicle interior component, the vehicle interior component is an instrument panel;
- an airbag mounted to the vehicle interior component;
- a deployable panel supported by the vehicle interior component adjacent the airbag, the deployable panel being movable relative to the vehicle interior component between a retracted position and an extended position;
- and
- a spring between the vehicle interior component and the deployable panel and biasing the deployable panel toward the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.