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US 9,994,182 B1Granted
Roof mounted partitioning airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsDean M. Jaradi, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq
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Abstract
An airbag assembly includes an airbag, roof mounting tethers, guide tethers and guides. The airbag when inflated has an upper part at a roof and a lower part above a floor and extends laterally across a vehicle interior. The roof mounting tethers are on a left side and a right side of the upper part. The guide tethers at a left side and a right side of the lower part connect to left and right guides. The guides are slidably engageable with first and second guide tracks.
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An airbag assembly comprising:
- an airbag when inflated having an upper part at a roof and a lower part above a floor and extending laterally across a vehicle interior;
- a first roof mounting tether on a left side of the upper part and a second roof mounting tether on a right side of the upper part;
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- guide tethers at a left side and a right side of the lower part connecting to left and right guides slidably engageable with first and second guide tracks.
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An airbag system comprising:
- an airbag when inflated having an upper part at a roof and a lower part above a floor and extending laterally across a vehicle interior;
- a first roof mounting tether on a first lateral side of the upper part;
- a second roof mounting tether on a second lateral side of the upper part;
- a first guide track laterally outboard of a first lateral side of the airbag;
- a second guide track laterally outboard of a second lateral side of the airbag;
- a first guide slidably engaged with the first guide track;
- a second guide slidably engaged with the second guide track;
- a first guide tether between the first guide and the airbag;
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- a second guide tether between the second guide and the airbag.
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A vehicle comprising:
- a roof including a fore-aft oriented first rail and a fore-aft oriented second roof rail;
- substantially vertical pillars abutting the roof rails and disposed behind front doors;
- an airbag system comprising:
- an airbag when inflated having an upper part at the roof and a lower part above a floor and extending laterally across a vehicle interior;
- a first roof mounting tether on a first lateral side of the upper part connecting the upper part to the first roof rail;
- a second roof mounting tether on a second lateral side of the upper part connecting the upper part to the second roof rail;
- a first guide track laterally outboard of a first lateral side of the airbag;
- a second guide track laterally outboard of a second lateral side of the airbag;
- a first guide slidably engaged with the first guide track;
- a second guide slidably engaged with the second guide track;
- a first guide tether on a first lateral side of the lower part between the first guide and the airbag;
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- a second guide tether on a second lateral side of the lower part between the second guide and the airbag.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.