Deployable plate for rearward-facing seat
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An assembly of a dash for a vehicle includes a first plate and a second plate movable along an axis away from the first plate. The second plate moves from an undeployed position to a deployed position. The assembly includes a spring between the first plate and the second plate that biases the second plate toward the deployed position. The assembly includes a post extending along the axis from the second plate through the first plate. The assembly includes a pin releasably engaging the post with the first plate in the undeployed position. The assembly includes a release supported by the first plate and connected to the pin. The pin is disengageable from the post transverse to the axis by the release.
Claims20
A vehicle comprising:
- a dash;
- a first plate fixed to the dash;
- a second plate movable along an axis away from the first plate from an undeployed position to a deployed position;
- a spring between the first plate and the second plate and biasing the second plate toward the deployed position;
- a post extending along the axis from the second plate through the first plate;
- a pin releasably engaging the post with the first plate in the undeployed position;
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- a release supported by the first plate and connected to the pin, the pin being disengageable from the post transverse to the axis by the release.
An assembly comprising:
- a first plate;
- a second plate movable along an axis away from the first plate from an undeployed position to a deployed position;
- a spring between the first plate and the second plate and biasing the second plate toward the deployed position;
- a post extending along the axis from the second plate through the first plate;
- a pin releasably engaging the post with the first plate in the undeployed position;
- and
- a release supported by the first plate and connected to the pin, the pin being disengageable from the post transverse to the axis by the release.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.