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US 12,208,765 B1Granted
Vehicle airbag assembly
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Zhenyan Gao, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a body defining a passenger cabin with a front end, the body having a bulkhead at the front end of the passenger cabin. The vehicle includes a telescoping member supported by the bulkhead and movable from a stowed position to a deployed position. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the telescoping member and movable from the stowed position to the deployed position, the airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a body defining a passenger cabin with a front end, the body having a bulkhead at the front end of the passenger cabin;
- a telescoping member supported by the bulkhead and movable from a stowed position to a deployed position;
- an airbag supported by the telescoping member and movable from the stowed position to the deployed position, the airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position;
- a seat assembly facing the airbag and defining a recline angle;
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- a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- compare the recline angle of the seat assembly to a threshold recline angle;
- detect a certain impact to the vehicle;
- in response to determining that the recline angle is greater than the threshold recline angle and detecting the certain impact to the vehicle, move the telescoping member to the deployed position and inflate the airbag;
- and
- in response to determining that the recline angle is not greater than the threshold recline angle and detecting the certain impact to the vehicle, inflate the airbag without moving the telescoping member to the deployed position.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a body defining a passenger cabin with a front end, the body having a bulkhead at the front end of the passenger cabin;
- a telescoping member supported by the bulkhead and movable from a stowed position to a deployed position;
- an airbag supported by the telescoping member and movable from the stowed position to the deployed position, the airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position;
- and
- a tether extending from the airbag to the bulkhead.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a body defining a passenger cabin with a front end, the body having a bulkhead at the front end of the passenger cabin;
- a telescoping member supported by the bulkhead and movable from a stowed position to a deployed position;
- an airbag supported by the telescoping member and movable from the stowed position to the deployed position, the airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position;
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- a second airbag inflatable to a second inflated position, the second airbag in the second inflated position being below the airbag in the inflated position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.