Vehicle seating assembly with anchored airbag tethers
A vehicle seating assembly is provided herein. The vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback coupled to a seat-base. An airbag assembly is coupled to the seatback and configured to deploy therefrom. A tether is coupled to the airbag assembly and at least one of the seatback and the seat-base. An anchoring feature is coupled to at least one of the seatback and the seat-base and is configured to restrain seating-assembly-upward movement of the tether.
1. A vehicle seating assembly, comprising:
a seatback coupled to a seat-base;
an airbag assembly coupled to the seatback and configured to deploy therefrom;
a tether coupled to the airbag assembly and at least one of the seatback and the seat-base;
a cable coupled to the tether; and
a retractor coupled to the seat-base and configured to retract the cable.
2. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the airbag assembly comprises:
a side airbag configured to deploy out of a lateral side of the seatback.
3. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 2 , wherein the airbag assembly further comprises:
an overhead airbag configured to deploy seating-assembly-laterally-inboard of the side airbag.
4. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the retractor is further configured to retract the cable when the airbag assembly is in a deployed position.
5. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cable is partially disposed within at least one of the seat-base and the seatback while the airbag assembly is in a pre-deployment position.
6. A vehicle seating assembly, comprising:
a seatback coupled to a seat-base;
an airbag assembly coupled to the seatback and configured to deploy therefrom, wherein at least a portion of the airbag assembly is configured to deploy out of the seatback;
a tether coupled to the airbag assembly and at least one of the seatback and the seat-base; and
an anchoring feature configured to restrain seating-assembly-upward movement of the tether, coupled to at least one of the seatback and the seat-base.
7. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 6 , wherein the airbag assembly comprises:
A side airbag configured to deploy out of a lateral side of the seatback.
8. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 7 , wherein the airbag assembly further comprises:
an overhead airbag configured to deploy seating-assembly-laterally-inboard of the side airbag.
9. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 6 , wherein the anchoring feature comprises:
a cable; and
a retractor configured to retract the cable.
10. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 6 , wherein the anchoring feature comprises:
an auxiliary hook coupled to the seat-base.
11. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 10 , wherein the auxiliary hook is operable between a stowed position and a use position.
12. The vehicle seating assembly of claim 6 , wherein the anchoring feature comprises:
an armrest.
13. A method of operating a vehicle seating assembly, comprising:
deploying an airbag assembly from a seatback of a vehicle seating assembly that includes a seat-base coupled to the seatback;
restraining seating-assembly-forward movement of the airbag assembly with a tether coupled to the airbag assembly; and
restraining seating-assembly-upward movement of the tether with an anchoring feature coupled to the seat-base.
14. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 13 , further comprising the step of:
positioning the anchoring feature.
15. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 14 , wherein the anchoring feature is an auxiliary hook.
16. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 15 , wherein the step of positioning the anchoring feature further comprises the step of:
moving the auxiliary hook from a stowed position to a use position.
17. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 14 , wherein the anchoring feature is an armrest.
18. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 17 , wherein the step of positioning the anchoring feature further comprises the step of:
moving the armrest from a first position to a second position.
19. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 13 , wherein the anchoring feature is a cable coupled to the tether.
20. The method of operating a vehicle seating assembly of claim 19 , further comprising the step of:
retracting the cable into a retractor coupled to the seat-base.