Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Trw Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.

Joseph Edward Abramczyk

Zhibing Deng

Deepak Patel

Matthew Brian Makowski

Abdelmonaam Sassi

Jeffrey Charles Paddock

John Pinkerton

Joseph David Hyde

Yun Cai

Lavanya Vemuri

Jamil M Alwan

David James Bauch

Krishnakanth E Aekbote

Shekar Prabhakar Erasala

Nathan Kristofor Tardif

Tahmidur Rahman

GaRam Jun

Kurt L Ewing

Johnathan Andrew Line

Mohammad Omar Faruque

Dean M Jaradi

S M Iskander Farooq

Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam

Brian Robert Spahn

Sean Bayle West

Linh Ngoc Doan

Djamal Eddine Midoun

Srinivas Reddy Malapati

Bhavani Thota

Nicholas Alphonse Billardello

Jimmy Moua

Sean Timothy Ryan

Russell Joseph Mihm

Eric Axel Smitterberg

Eric Layton Stratten

Michal Jan Swiniarski

Sino Johan Van Dyk

Barry Grindle

Chuck R Reese

Herbert Yang

Marcus John Scott Ward

Zheng Peng

Jay Douglas Blackson

Yi Yang Tay

James Zheng Peng

Echung Su

Alison Callaghan

Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez

Srivardhan Tallapragada

Michael Dong

Aleksandar Spasovski

Jesus Alfonso Alarcon Hernandez

Matthew Ammons

Senthilkumar Mahadevan

Robert J Mezzadri

Paul Culbertson

Selvakumar Inbaraj Daniel

Zhaorong Li

Joseph Giaimo

Aruna Nandadeva Tilakasiri

Diego Santos

Jonathan Beaudoin

Richard Lee Matson

Harsha Hebbale

Lanese Frusti, Legal Representative

Sandeep Kumar Gupta

Karthik Chitoor

A system includes a seat moveable between an upright position and a reclined position, and an airbag module mounted to the seat. The airbag module includes an airbag inflator, an airbag, and a panel attached to a folded portion of the airbag. A tether is coupled to the folded portion via the panel, the tether being retracted relative to the airbag module when the seat is in the upright position and extended when the seat is in the reclined position.

Airbag size based on seat recline

An assembly includes a seat assembly defining a seat-forward direction. The assembly includes a middle console adjacent the seat assembly. The assembly includes a first airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The first airbag is supported by the seat assembly in the uninflated position and the inflated position. The assembly includes a second airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The second airbag in the uninflated position and the inflated position is forward of the seat assembly in the seat-forward direction. The assembly includes an inflator supported by the middle console, the inflator operatively connected to the first airbag and the second airbag to provide inflation medium.

Vehicle airbag assembly

A vehicle includes a vehicle roof and a liftgate pivotable relative to the vehicle roof between an open position and a closed position. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the liftgate and moveable with the liftgate between the open position and the closed position. A tether is fixed to the airbag and the liftgate. The tether extends from the airbag vehicle-rearward to the liftgate.

Airbag assembly for liftgate

With reference to the Figures, wherein like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, a vehicle includes a vehicle seat that includes a seatback and a seat bottom that defines an occupant seating area. The seatback includes an inboard bolster and an outboard bolster spaced from the inboard bolster in a cross-seat direction with the occupant seating area between the inboard bolster and the outboard bolster. A arm is rotatably supported by the inboard bolster. The vehicle includes a computer that includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to detect an occupant in the occupant seating area and based on the detection of an occupant in the occupant seating area, rotate the arm toward the occupant seating area in response to detection of certain vehicle impacts.

Vehicle seatback having rotatable arm on bolster

A vehicle includes a vehicle roof, a liftgate rotatably connected to the vehicle roof, and an airbag. The airbag has a first segment supported by the vehicle roof and a second segment supported by the liftgate. The first segment of the airbag defines a first inflation chamber and the second segment of the airbag defines a second inflation chamber. The airbag includes a conduit fluidly connecting the first inflation chamber and the second inflation chamber.

AFT-vehicle airbag

A vehicle includes a seat assembly having a seat bottom and a seatback. The vehicle includes a middle console adjacent the seat assembly. The vehicle includes an airbag inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag is supported by the seatback in the uninflated position and the inflated position. The vehicle includes an inflator supported by the middle console, the inflator operatively connected to the airbag to provide inflation medium.

An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seat back, an upper airbag mounted to the seat back, a lower airbag mounted to the seat back below the upper airbag, a flexible conduit fluidly coupling the upper airbag and the lower airbag, and a device actuatable between a first state permitting airflow through the conduit and a second state blocking airflow through the conduit.

Seat airbag assembly

An assembly for a vehicle includes an airbag inflator. The assembly includes a curtain airbag including a main lobe and an inflatable flap. The main lobe and the inflatable flap are each inflatable by the airbag inflator to an inflated position. The main lobe includes an inboard panel and an outboard panel. The inflatable flap is at the inboard panel in the inflated position. The inflatable flap, in the inflated position, is at the inboard panel and abutting the airbag inflator.

Curtain airbag assembly with inflatable flap

A vehicle includes a vehicle roof and a liftgate. The liftgate has a first end elongated along and adjacent to the vehicle roof and rotatably connected to the vehicle roof. The liftgate has a second end and a third end spaced from each other. The second end and the third end each extend from the first end away from the vehicle roof. An airbag is supported by the liftgate. The airbag includes a first segment and a second segment. The first segment is elongated along the first end and the second segment is elongated along the second end.

An assembly includes a first seat and a second seat spaced from the first seat. The assembly includes a first airbag inflatable between the first seat and the second seat from an uninflated position to an inflated position and a second airbag inflatable between the first seat and the second seat from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The first airbag is supported by the first seat in the uninflated position and the inflated position. The second airbag is supported by the second seat in the uninflated position and the inflated position. The second airbag includes a distal end spaced from the second seat in a seat-forward direction. A pyrotechnic retractor is supported by the second seat. The pyrotechnic retractor is operatively coupled to the distal end of the second airbag to move the distal end of the second airbag toward the first airbag.

Seat airbag with pyrotechnic retractor

An assembly for a vehicle includes a first door and a second door movable from an open position to a closed position. The assembly includes a first anchor supported by the first pillar movable along an axis to an engaged position. The assembly includes a first rod supported by the first door movable along an axis to an engaged position. The assembly includes a second rod supported by the second door movable along the axis to an engaged position. The first anchor is lockingly engaged with the first rod when first anchor is in the engaged position. The first rod is lockingly engaged with the second rod when the first rod is in the engaged position and the first anchor is in the engaged position.

Locking mechanism for slideable vehicle doors

An assembly for a vehicle includes a first door and a second door moveable from an open position to a closed position. The assembly includes a first locking member supported by the first door moveable along a first axis to a raised position and to a lowered position. The assembly includes a second locking member supported by the second door movable along a second axis transverse to the first axis. The first locking member is lockingly engaged with the second locking member when the second locking member is in the extended position and the first locking member is in one of the lowered position or the raised position. The first locking member is disengaged with the second locking member when the second locking member is in the retracted position and the first locking member is in the other of the lowered position or the raised position.

Locking mechanism for slidable vehicle doors

A vehicle includes a vehicle body including a front pillar and a rear pillar spaced from the front pillar. The vehicle body includes a rocker extending from the front pillar to the rear pillar. The vehicle includes a step bar supported by the rocker. The step bar extends from a first end aligned with the front pillar to a second end aligned with the rear pillar. The step bar is movable between a raised position and a lowered position. In the raised position, the step bar overlaps the rocker in a vehicle-outboard direction. The step bar extends upwardly above the rocker.

Vehicle step bar

An assembly includes a seat back having a top end and a bottom end. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the seat back at the top end. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position that extends forward and upward from the top end of the seat back. The airbag in the inflated position has an inboard panel and outboard panel that define an inflation chamber therebetween. The assembly includes a tether in the inflation chamber, the tether fixed to the inboard panel and the outboard panel between a front edge of the tether and a rear edge of the tether. The front edge of the tether defines a first width and the rear edge of the tether defines a second width that is less than the first width.

Vehicle seat with airbag

An assembly including a vehicle seat. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the vehicle seat and inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes a main chamber elongated along an axis and an extension supported by the main chamber. The extension extends from the main chamber transverse to the axis in the inflated position. The main chamber includes a lower segment and an upper segment selectively extendable away from the lower segment along the axis from an unreleased position to a released position. The extension is supported by the upper segment of the main chamber and the extension is translatable along the axis with the main chamber from the unreleased position to the released position.

Selectively extendable seat airbag

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Joseph Edward Abramczyk