Extruded 3d ramp/packaging device for tight package requirements
AssigneeFord Motor Company
InventorsDavid Huelke, Eric Axel Smitterberg
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Abstract
An air curtain delivery assembly includes an arcuate extruded unitary channel and an inflatable air curtain. The channel includes a longitudinal length defining an arc substantially matching a fore-aft curvature of a vehicle roof panel and having an open mouth defining a ramp for directing deployment of the inflatable air curtain from an interior of the channel and inboard of a vehicle side structure. The channel may further be configured and dimensioned for attaching to a portion of the vehicle roof panel and beneath a trim piece overlying the vehicle side structure. The channel may further include a vehicle-forward portion substantially matching a downward angle of a vehicle A pillar.
Claims18
An air curtain delivery assembly, comprising:
- an arcuate extruded unitary channel;
- and
- an inflatable air curtain;
- the channel having a longitudinal length defining an arc substantially matching a vehicle fore-aft curvature of a vehicle roof panel and having an open mouth defining a ramp for directing deployment of the inflatable air curtain from an interior of the channel and inboard of a vehicle side structure.
An air curtain delivery assembly, comprising:
- an arcuate extruded unitary channel;
- and
- an inflatable air curtain;
- the channel having an open mouth defining a ramp for directing deployment of the inflatable air curtain from an interior of the channel to at least partially overlie a vehicle side structure.
A delivery device for an inflatable air curtain, comprising an arcuate extruded unitary channel having a longitudinal length defining a predetermined fore-aft curvature and having an open mouth defining a ramp for directing deployment of the inflatable air curtain from an interior of the channel and inboard of a vehicle side structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.