IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,351,946
Granted Patent B1
US 11,351,946 · App. 17/174,604 · Granted Jun 7, 2022

Airbag inflatable behind seatback of front seat

Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, MI); S.M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, MI); Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
B60R21/207B60R21/23138B60R2021/23146B60R2021/23153
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Patent No.
US 11,351,946
App. No.
17/174,604
Granted
Jun 7, 2022
Kind
B1
Abstract

A seat for a vehicle includes a seatback having a seat frame. The seat includes an airbag supported on a vehicle-rearward and vehicle-outboard corner of the seat frame. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a cross-vehicle chamber inflatable in a vehicle-inboard direction behind the seatback and a vehicle-outboard chamber inflatable in a vehicle-rearward direction.

Claims (27)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a front seat having a seatback, the seatback having a seat frame;

a rear seat spaced from the front seat in a vehicle-rearward direction;

an airbag supported on a vehicle-rearward and vehicle-outboard corner of the seat frame of the front seat, the airbag being inflatable to an inflated position; and

the airbag including a cross-vehicle chamber inflatable in a vehicle-inboard direction behind the front seat and a vehicle-outboard chamber inflatable in the vehicle-rearward direction vehicle-outboard of the rear seat.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the cross-vehicle chamber extends from the vehicle-rearward and vehicle-outboard corner of the seatback of the front seat to a vehicle-rearward and vehicle-inboard corner of the seatback of the front seat in the inflated position.

3. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the rear seat includes a vehicle-outboard edge, the vehicle-outboard chamber abutting the vehicle-outboard edge in the inflated position.

4. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a door adjacent the rear seat, the vehicle-outboard chamber being between the door and the rear seat in the inflated position.

5. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the rear seat defines an occupant knee area, the cross-vehicle chamber being between the front seat and the occupant knee area.

6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the rear seat defines an occupant head area, the cross-vehicle chamber being between the front seat and the occupant head area.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the cross-vehicle chamber is fluidly connected to the vehicle-outboard chamber.

8. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a deflector supported by the seatback of the front seat, the airbag abutting the deflector in the inflated position.

9. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a roof and a floor spaced from the roof, the airbag extending from the floor to the roof in the inflated position.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the cross-vehicle chamber extends upwardly above the seatback of the front seat in the inflated position.

11. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the front seat includes a head restraint extending upwardly from the seatback, the cross-vehicle chamber extending upwardly above the head restraint in the inflated position.

12. A seat comprising:

a seatback having a seat frame;

an airbag supported on a vehicle-rearward and vehicle-outboard corner of the seat frame, the airbag being inflatable to an inflated position; and

the airbag including a cross-vehicle chamber inflatable in a vehicle-inboard direction behind the seatback and a vehicle-outboard chamber inflatable in a vehicle-rearward direction.

13. The seat of claim 12 , wherein the cross-vehicle chamber extends from the vehicle-rearward and vehicle-outboard corner of the seat frame to a vehicle-rearward and vehicle-inboard corner of the seat frame in the inflated position.

14. The seat of claim 12 , wherein the cross-vehicle chamber is fluidly connected to the vehicle-outboard chamber.

15. The seat of claim 12 , further comprising an occupant knee area vehicle-rearward of the seatback, the cross-vehicle chamber being between the seatback and the occupant knee area.

16. The seat of claim 12 , further comprising an occupant head area vehicle-rearward of the seatback, the cross-vehicle chamber being between the seatback and the occupant head area.

17. The seat of claim 12 , wherein the seatback defines an occupant seating area, the seatback being between the cross-vehicle chamber and the occupant seating area when the airbag is in the inflated position.

18. The seat of claim 12 , further comprising a deflector supported by the seatback, the airbag abutting the deflector in the inflated position.

19. The seat of claim 12 , wherein the cross-vehicle chamber extends upwardly above the seatback in the inflated position.

20. The seat of claim 12 , further comprising a head restraint extending upwardly from the seatback, the cross-vehicle chamber extending upwardly above the head restraint in the inflated position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 12, 2021
From: FARUQUE, MOHAMMAD OMAR; FAROOQ, S.M. ISKANDER; JARADI, DEAN M.
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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