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US 9,789,840 B2Granted
Downwardly inflatable vehicle airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsS. M. Iskander Farooq, Dean M. Jaradi, Mohammed Omar Faruque
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Abstract
A vehicle interior includes a roof, a seat including a seatback, and an airbag supported by the roof. The airbag is inflatable away from the roof to an inflated position surrounding the seatback. During an impact of the vehicle, the airbag may be inflated from an uninflated position to the inflated position to absorb energy from an occupant of the vehicle.
Claims18
A vehicle interior comprising:
- a roof;
- a floor;
- a seat including a seatback and being rotatable relative to the floor about an axis transverse to the floor;
- and
- an airbag supported by the roof and being inflatable away from the roof to an inflated position surrounding the seatback.
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A vehicle interior comprising:
- a roof;
- an airbag supported by the roof and being inflatable away from the roof to an inflated position;
- and
- the airbag in the inflated position having a frustum shape, the frustum shape having a first base adjacent the roof and a second base spaced from the first base with a recess extending through the second base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.