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US 11,628,795 B1Granted
Middle console airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Zhenyan Gao, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Luohui Long
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Abstract
An assembly for a vehicle includes a middle console. The assembly includes a seatback including a vehicle-rearward side. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the middle console. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position includes a middle portion and an extension. The extension extends from the middle portion along the vehicle-rearward side of the seatback.
Claims20
An assembly comprising:
- a middle console;
- a seatback including a vehicle-rearward side;
- an airbag supported by the middle console and inflatable to an inflated position;
- the airbag in the inflated position including a middle portion and an extension, the extension extending from the middle portion along the vehicle-rearward side of the seatback;
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- an external tether extending from the middle console to the middle portion and another external tether extending from the middle console to the extension.
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An assembly comprising:
- a middle console having an uppermost side and a vehicle-rearward side and the middle console terminating at an uppermost side and a vehicle-rearward side, the middle console being elongated along an axis;
- an airbag supported by the middle console in an uninflated position and inflatable upwardly from the middle console above the uppermost side to an inflated position;
- the airbag in the inflated position including a middle portion and an extension, the middle portion being elongated along the axis and the extension extending from the vehicle-rearward side of the middle portion transverse to the axis;
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- an external tether extending from the middle console to the middle portion and another external tether extending from the middle console to the extension.
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An assembly comprising:
- a middle console having an uppermost side and a vehicle-rearward side and the middle console terminating at an uppermost side and a vehicle-rearward side, the middle console being elongated along an axis;
- an airbag supported by the middle console in an uninflated position and inflatable upwardly from the middle console above the uppermost side to an inflated position;
- the airbag in the inflated position including a middle portion and an extension, the middle portion being elongated along the axis and the extension extending from the vehicle-rearward side of the middle portion transverse to the axis;
- the middle console includes a bin and a lid rotatably connected to the bin, the airbag in an uninflated position being supported by the lid;
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- an inflator in fluid communication with the airbag, the inflator being supported by the lid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.