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US 12,344,178 B2Granted
Sensor assembly with airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsTyler D. Hamilton, Michael Robertson, Jr., Venkatesh Krishnan
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Abstract
An assembly includes a housing. The assembly includes an optical sensor supported within the housing. The assembly includes an airbag supported within the housing and deployable from a stowed position internal of the housing to an inflated position external of the housing. The airbag in the inflated position adjacent the optical sensor.
Claims18
An assembly, comprising:
- a housing having a base and a cover supported by the base;
- an optical sensor supported by the base;
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- an airbag supported by the base and being inflatable from a stowed position to a deployed position, the airbag being contained within the housing in the stowed position and extending external to the housing in the deployed position;
- the cover including an orifice and a door movable relative to the orifice between a closed position and an open position, the door in the closed position covering the orifice and the airbag in the stowed position, and the airbag extending through the orifice external to the housing with the door in the open position when the airbag is in the deployed position.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a housing supported by the vehicle body, the housing having a base and a cover supported by the base;
- an optical sensor supported by the base within the housing;
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- an airbag supported by the base within the housing and deployable from a stowed position to an inflated position, the airbag being contained within the housing in the stowed position and extending external to the housing in the deployed position, the airbag in the inflated position being adjacent the optical sensor;
- the cover including an orifice and a door movable relative to the orifice between a closed position and an open position, the door in the closed position covering the orifice and the airbag in the stowed position, and the airbag extending through the orifice external to the housing with the door in the open position when the airbag is in the deployed position.
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A vehicle, comprising:
- a vehicle body;
- a housing supported by the vehicle body;
- an optical sensor supported within the housing;
- and
- an airbag supported within the housing and deployable from a stowed position to an inflated position, the airbag in the inflated position being adjacent the optical sensor;
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- a computer programmed to deploy the airbag in response to detecting a pending impact to the housing while the vehicle is in a park mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.