Bumper-mounted inflatable device
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsS.M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
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Abstract
A bumper assembly of a vehicle includes a vehicle bumper and a first inflatable device supported by the bumper. The first inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. A second inflatable device is supported by the bumper and spaced cross-vehicle from the first inflatable device. The second inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. An uninflatable panel is below the bumper 12 and extends from the first inflatable device to the second inflatable device in the deployed position.
Claims18
A bumper assembly comprising:
- a vehicle bumper;
- a first inflatable device supported by the bumper and inflatable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position, the first inflatable device defining an inflation chamber and being a thermoplastic elastomer;
- a second inflatable device supported by the bumper spaced cross-vehicle from the first inflatable device, the second inflatable device being inflatable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position, the second inflatable device defining an inflation chamber and being a thermoplastic elastomer;
- an uninflatable panel below the bumper and extending from the first inflatable device to the second inflatable device in the deployed positions.
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