IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,884,229
Granted Patent B1
US 11,884,229 · App. 17/821,242 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Vehicle including a moveable console with airbag

Inventors: Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, MI); Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, MI); S. M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
B60R21/20B60N2/753B60R7/04B60R21/231B60R2021/23161
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Patent No.
US 11,884,229
App. No.
17/821,242
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

A vehicle includes a dash. A first seat and a second seat are spaced from the dash. A console is adjacent to the dash with the console being movable from a stowed position disposed in the dash to a deployed position extending from the dash between the first seat and the second seat. An airbag is supported by the console with the airbag being inflatable to an inflated position when the console is in the deployed position.

Claims (29)

1. A vehicle comprising:

a dash;

a vehicle floor;

a first seat and a second seat;

a console adjacent to the dash;

the console being movable relative to the dash along an axis between a stowed position and a deployed position, the console being disposed in the dash in the stowed position and movable away from the dash between the first seat and the second seat from the stowed position to the deployed position;

a lock configured to lock the console relative to the dash in the deployed position; and

an airbag supported by the console, the airbag being inflatable to an inflated position when the console is in the deployed position;

the lock including a peg on one of the console or the vehicle floor and a hole on the other of the console or the vehicle floor; and

the peg and the hole being positioned so that the peg and the hole are vertically aligned with each other along the axis when the console is in the deployed position and are spaced from each other along the axis when the console is in the stowed position.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the airbag in the inflated position extends between the first seat and the dash.

3. The vehicle of in claim 2 , further comprising a second airbag supported by the console and inflatable to an inflated position when the console is in the deployed position, the second airbag in the inflated position extending between the second scat and the dash.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the console is between the airbag and the second airbag in the inflated position.

5. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein:

the airbag in the inflated position is between the first seat and the dash and extends vehicle-rearward from the dash vehicle-outboard of the first seat; and

the second airbag in the inflated position is between the second seat and the dash and extends vehicle-rearward from the dash vehicle-outboard of the second seat.

6. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the airbag in the inflated position extends vehicle-outboard of the first seat.

7. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the first seat includes a seat bottom and the airbag in the inflated position is horizontally aligned with the seat bottom.

8. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the first seat includes a seat bottom and the airbag in the inflated position is between the seat bottom and the dash and extends vehicle-rearward from the dash vehicle-outboard of the first seat.

9. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the console includes a vehicle-forward end engaged with the dash in the deployed position.

10. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the airbag in the inflated position abuts the dash.

11. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a track between the console and the vehicle floor, the console being moveable along the track from the stowed position to the deployed position.

12. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising an inflator supported by the console and fluidly connected to the airbag.

13. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the dash includes a tunnel that receives the console in the stowed position.

14. The vehicle of claim 13 , wherein the console includes a vehicle-forward end engaged with the tunnel of the dash in the deployed position.

15. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein the console includes a vehicle-rearward end, the vehicle-rearward end being flush with the dash at the tunnel in the stowed position and spaced from the dash in the deployed position.

16. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the console includes a vehicle-rearward end, the vehicle-rearward end being flush with the dash in the stowed position and spaced from the dash in the deployed position.

17. The vehicle of claim 16 , further comprising a track between the console and the vehicle floor, the console being moveable along the track from the stowed position to the deployed position, the vehicle-rearward end being engaged with the track in the deployed position.

18. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the console is tillable relative to the vehicle floor and the lock is designed such that tilting of the console relative to the vehicle floor engages the peg in the hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2022
From: FARUQUE, MOHAMMAD OMAR; JARADI, DEAN M.; FAROOQ, S.M. ISKANDER
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 060856/0832 →
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