Seatbelt assembly including resilient material
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsS. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Saeed D. Barbat
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a pillar. The vehicle includes a track supported by the pillar. The vehicle includes a bar supported by the track. The bar is slidable relative to the track from a raised position to a lowered position. The vehicle includes a seatbelt webbing extending over the bar. The vehicle includes a piston supported by the pillar. The piston includes a piston rod connected to the bar and a piston cylinder supported by the pillar. The piston rod and the piston cylinder define a volume filled with a resilient material.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body including a pillar;
- a track supported by the pillar;
- a bar supported by the track and slidable relative to the track from a raised position to a lowered position;
- a seatbelt webbing extending over the bar;
- and
- a piston supported by the pillar, the piston including a piston rod connected to the bar and a piston cylinder supported by the pillar, the piston rod and the piston cylinder defining a volume filled with a resilient material;
- the track defining a slot elongated along the pillar;
- the bar being slidable along the slot;
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- the piston rod biasing the bar along the slot toward the raised position.
An assembly comprising:
- a track;
- a bar supported by the track and slidable relative to the track from a raised position to a lowered position;
- a seatbelt webbing extending over the bar;
- and
- a piston including a piston rod connected to the bar and a piston cylinder, the piston rod and the piston cylinder defining a volume filled with a resilient material;
- the resilient material is a heterogeneous mixture of a liquid and hydrophobic, nanoporous particles.
A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle body including a pillar;
- a track supported by the pillar;
- a bar supported by the track and slidable relative to the track from a raised position to a lowered position;
- a seatbelt webbing extending over the bar;
- and
- a piston supported by the pillar, the piston including a piston rod connected to the bar and a piston cylinder supported by the pillar, the piston rod and the piston cylinder defining a volume filled with a resilient material;
- the resilient material is a heterogeneous mixture of a liquid and hydrophobic, nanoporous particles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.