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US 12,109,970 B1Granted
Restraint system
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsPhilipp J. Wolf, Jesse T. Buehler, Adam J. Golman
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Abstract
A deployable restraint system including a panel, a tether coupled to the panel, and an actuator that moves the tether to deploy the panel. The panel and the tether are placed in tension between one of two sides of a compartment and a top of the compartment when the tether is moved by the actuator.
Claims20
A deployable restraint system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a reaction panel having a lower end coupled to a lower tension location at a lower half of a first side of the vehicle, an upper end coupled to an upper tension location of a roof of the vehicle at a position closer to a second side of the vehicle than the first side of the vehicle, and an edge that couples the lower end and the upper end, wherein the second side opposes the first side;
- a tether coupling the lower end of the reaction panel and the lower tension location;
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- a panel actuator that moves the tether to the lower tension location to deploy the reaction panel in response to a signal from a sensor indicative of an event of the vehicle.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a body having first and second sides and a roof having corresponding first and second sides that cooperatively define a passenger compartment;
- a deployable restraint system, comprising:
- a panel coupled to an upper tension location on the first side of the roof;
- a tether coupled to the panel and a lower tension location on the second side of the body;
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- an actuator that moves the tether to deploy the panel,
- wherein an edge of the panel and the tether are placed in tension between the upper tension location on the first side of the roof and the lower tension location on the second side of the body when the tether is moved by the actuator.
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A deployable restraint system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a reaction panel;
- a tether coupled to a lower end of the reaction panel;
- a panel actuator that moves the tether to deploy the reaction panel;
- a cushion;
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- a cushion actuator that deploys the cushion,
- wherein the reaction panel transfers force from the cushion to a roof and a single side of the vehicle, and
- wherein the cushion extends below, with respect to the roof, and inboard of, with respect to the single side, inner edges of the reaction panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.