Floor-mounted airbag between passenger and cargo compartments
A vehicle includes a vehicle body defining an interior cabin. The interior cabin includes a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment. The vehicle body includes a floor below the interior cabin. An airbag is supported on the floor and is inflatable upwardly from the floor between the passenger compartment and the cargo compartment. A retractor is fixed to the vehicle body above the airbag. A tether extends from the retractor to the airbag.
1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body defining an interior cabin, the interior cabin including a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment;
the vehicle body including a floor below the interior cabin;
an airbag supported on the floor and inflatable upwardly from the floor between the passenger compartment and the cargo compartment;
a retractor fixed to the vehicle body above the airbag; and
a tether extending from the retractor to the airbag.
2. The vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a protrusion extending upwardly from the floor between the airbag and the cargo compartment.
3. The vehicle as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the protrusion is elongated cross-vehicle.
4. The vehicle as set forth in claim 2 , further comprising a seat having a back facing vehicle-rearward, the airbag being between the back of the seat and the protrusion.
5. The vehicle as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the protrusion is designed to prevent cargo from sliding vehicle-forward along the floor over the airbag.
6. The vehicle as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the airbag extends above the protrusion in the inflated position.
7. The vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a seat having a seatback, the retractor being fixed to the vehicle body above an uppermost top of the seatback.
8. The vehicle as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the vehicle body includes a pillar adjacent the seat, the retractor being fixed to the pillar.
9. The vehicle as set forth in claim 7 , wherein the seat is elongated cross-vehicle and includes a plurality of occupant-seating areas.
10. The vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising a seat having a seatback, an uppermost top of the airbag in the inflated position being above an uppermost top of the seatback.
11. The vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the vehicle body includes a pillar and the retractor is fixed to the pillar.
12. The vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the airbag includes a left side, a right side, and a middle portion between the left side and the right side, the middle portion being elongated cross-vehicle and the left side and the right side extending vehicle-rearward from the middle portion.
13. The vehicle as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the floor includes upholstery and the airbag in an uninflated position is below the upholstery.
14. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle body defining an interior cabin, the interior cabin including a passenger compartment and a cargo compartment;
the vehicle body including a floor below the interior cabin;
an airbag on the floor and inflatable upwardly from the floor between the passenger compartment and the cargo compartment; and
a retractor fixed to the vehicle body above the airbag and operatively connected to the airbag to pull the airbag upwardly.
15. The vehicle as set forth in claim 14 , further comprising a protrusion extending upwardly from the floor between the airbag and the cargo compartment.
16. The vehicle as set forth in claim 15 , wherein the protrusion is elongated cross-vehicle.