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US 11,247,632 B2Granted
Airbag assembly with releasable panel
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsSrinivas Reddy Malapati, Mangesh Kadam
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Abstract
An assembly for a vehicle includes interior component and a panel rotatably connected to the interior component. The assembly includes an actuator designed to rotate the panel relative to the interior component. A sheet extends from the interior component to the panel. An airbag is supported by the interior component and is inflatable to an inflated position adjacent the sheet.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- an interior component;
- a panel rotatably connected to the interior component;
- an actuator designed to rotate the panel relative to the interior component;
- a sheet extending from the interior component to the panel, the sheet being flexible relative to the panel;
- and
- an airbag supported by the interior component and inflatable to an inflated position adjacent the sheet.
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An assembly, comprising:
- an interior component;
- a panel rotatably connected to the interior component;
- an actuator designed to rotate the panel relative to the interior component;
- a sheet extending from the interior component to the panel;
- an airbag supported by the interior component and inflatable to an inflated position adjacent the sheet;
- and
- a spool supported by the interior component, the sheet being wound around the spool.
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An assembly, comprising:
- an interior component;
- a panel rotatably connected to the interior component;
- an actuator designed to rotate the panel relative to the interior component;
- a sheet extending from the interior component to the panel;
- and
- an airbag supported by the interior component and inflatable to an inflated position adjacent the sheet;
- the interior component including a shelf supporting the airbag and the panel overlaps the shelf.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.