Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Keith Trudgeon

Jamel E Belwafa

Srinivas Reddy Malapati

Mangesh Kadam

Eric D Veggian

Christopher Stephen O'Connor

Jacob Wookeun Lee

Elizabeth G Owen

An assembly includes an instrument panel and a base rotatably mounted to the instrument panel between a front position and a stowed position. An interior component is supported by the base. A spring biases the base toward the stowed position.

Interior vehicle component

A system includes a sensor, a controller, and a seatbelt retractor. The controller is programmed to receive a signal from the sensor indicating detection of a vehicle front oblique impact. The seatbelt retractor includes a load limiting mechanism selectively releasable from a high load mode to a low load mode. The controller is programmed to release the load limiting mechanism from the high load mode to the low load mode at a predetermined time in response to a signal from the sensor indicating a vehicle front oblique impact.

Belt load modulation for vehicle front oblique impacts

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Keith Trudgeon