Seat energy absorber
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Anil Kalra, Rahul Arora
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Abstract
An assembly includes a seatback defining an occupant-seating area. The seatback has a frame and a rear trim cover. The frame is between the occupant-seating area and the rear trim cover. The assembly includes a seat bottom extending from the seatback below the occupant-seating area. The assembly includes a deformable cell between the frame and the rear trim cover. The deformable cell extends from a first end proximate the frame to a second end proximate the rear trim cover. The deformable cell has a contraction between the first end and the second end.
Claims20
An assembly, comprising:
- a seatback defining an occupant-seating area;
- the seatback having a frame and a rear trim cover, the frame being between the occupant-seating area and the rear trim cover;
- a seat bottom extending from the seatback below the occupant-seating area;
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- a plurality of deformable cells between the frame and the rear trim cover, the deformable cells each extending from a first end proximate the frame to a second end proximate the rear trim cover, the deformable cells each having a contraction between the first end and the second end;
- the deformable cells each being elongated along an axis from the first end to the second end and the contraction extends endlessly about the axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.