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US 12,397,733 B1Granted
Slidable post with airbag for wheelchair occupants
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a vehicle floor and a post supported by the vehicle floor. The post is translatable relative to the vehicle floor. The vehicle includes a support member mounted to the post. The support member is rotatable relative to the post. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the support member.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle floor;
- a post supported by the vehicle floor, the post being translatable relative to the vehicle floor;
- a support member mounted to the post, the support member being rotatable relative to the post about a horizontal axis;
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- an airbag supported by the support member.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a vehicle floor;
- a post supported by the vehicle floor, the post being translatable relative to the vehicle floor;
- a support member mounted to the post, the support member being rotatable relative to the post;
- an airbag supported by the support member;
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- a track at the vehicle floor, the post being slidably engaged with the track;
- the track including a pair of cross-vehicle portions and a vehicle-longitudinal portion extending from one cross-vehicle portion of the pair of cross-vehicle portions to the other cross-vehicle portion of the pair of cross-vehicle portions, the pair of cross-vehicle portions extending along a cross-vehicle axis and the vehicle-longitudinal portion extending along a vehicle-longitudinal axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.