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Granted Patent B2
US 10,946,825 · App. 16/208,902 · Granted Mar 16, 2021

Airbag assembly

Inventors: Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam (Canton, MI); Howard E. Churchwell, II (Monroe, MI); Swadad A. Carremm (Canton, MI); Jayagopal Appukutty (Troy, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
B60R21/205B60R21/2035B60R21/2176B60R2021/0004
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Patent No.
US 10,946,825
App. No.
16/208,902
Granted
Mar 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly includes a front console. The assembly includes a body having a reaction surface and supported by the front console. The assembly includes an actuator connected to the body, the body movable by the actuator to a deployed position. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the front console and inflatable to an inflated position that abuts the reaction surface. The assembly includes an inflator connected to the airbag.

Claims (28)

1. An assembly, comprising:

a front console;

a body having a reaction surface and supported by the front console;

a linear actuator connected to the body, the body translatable by the linear actuator away from the front console from an undeployed position to a deployed position above the front console;

an airbag supported by the front console and inflatable to an inflated position that abuts the reaction surface; and

an inflator connected to the airbag.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the body is rotatable from the undeployed position to the deployed position.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the linear actuator includes a pyrotechnic device.

4. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the body is movable by the linear actuator to a second deployed position.

5. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the body is moveable to the deployed position in a first direction, and the airbag is inflatable in a second direction transverse to the first direction.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a second body supported by the front console and moveable to a deployed position, and a second actuator connected to the second body to move the second body to the deployed position.

7. A vehicle, comprising:

a windshield;

a front console;

an airbag supported by the front console below the windshield and inflatable to an inflated position;

an inflator connected to the airbag;

a body supported by the front console;

an actuator connected to the body, the body moveable by the actuator toward the windshield to a deployed position between the windshield and the airbag in the inflated position; and

a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:

command the actuator to move the body to the deployed position upon detecting an impact; and

disengage a latch from the body before actuating the actuator.

8. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the memory stores instructions to inflate the airbag after actuating the actuator.

9. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the body is movable from an undeployed position that is further from the windshield than the deployed position.

10. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the body is movable from an undeployed position that is closer to a front edge of the windshield than the deployed position.

11. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the body includes a class-A surface.

12. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the actuator is a linear actuator.

13. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the body is rotatable from an undeployed position to the deployed position.

14. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the body is translatable from an undeployed position to the deployed position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2018
From: GHANNAM, MAHMOUD YOUSEF; CHURCHWELL, HOWARD E., II; CARREMM, SWADAD A.; APPUKUTTY, JAYAGOPAL
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
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