Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Zhibing Deng

Deepak Patel

Joseph Edward Abramczyk

Srinivas Reddy Malapati

Krishnakanth E Aekbote

Tzu-Chen Weng

Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati

Krish E Aekbote

Luis Enrique Castillo Jaime

Shekar Prabhakar Erasala

Yun Cai

Djamal Eddine Midoun

Jeffrey Charles Paddock

John Pinkerton

Se Kyoon Shin

Tahmidur Rahman

Lavanya Vemuri

Brian Robert Spahn

Sean Bayle West

Matthew Brian Makowski

Michael James Whitens

Ian Brewster Hall

David James Bauch

Edward Joseph Abramoski

Eric D Veggian

Gustavo Morales Cabrera

Paul Schryer

Jesus Alfonso Alarcon Hernandez

Michael Dong

Alison Callaghan

Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutierrez

Robert Tilli

Antonio Dario Garay Serrano

Benjamin Coon

Chunhui Li

Johnathan Andrew Line

Mohammad Omar Faruque

Dean M Jaradi

S M Iskander Farooq

Mahmoud Yousef Ghannam

Scott Holmes Dunham

Leonard Anthony Shaner

Linh Ngoc Doan

Nicholas Alphonse Billardello

Bhavani Thota

Jimmy Moua

Jamil M Alwan

Sean Timothy Ryan

Mangesh Kadam

Russell Joseph Mihm

Eric Axel Smitterberg

Pardeep Kumar Jindal

Bhimaraddi Venkaraddi Alavandi

Kenneth S Laird

Yuqin Zhao

Rahul Makwana

Mark Wlotkowski

Chuck R Reese

Yun Shin Lee

Herbert Yang

Ammad Bhatti

Nial James Wykes

Harish Dutt

Tracy Christopher Bakos

Behrooz Shahidi

Chunhui Kevin Lee

Vijaykumar Hegde

Rabin Bhojan

Kris Allyn Warmann

John Joseph Nizienski

Richard Wang

Senthilkumar Mahadevan

Dinkar Sadashiv Karanth

Brian Pietila

Dante Arturo Rodriguez Camacho

Diego Freitas Araujo

Moises Blancas Galicia

Morteza Tanbakuchi

Srinivas Sanikommu

Matthew Ammons

Liqi Dong

Nagaraj Mariyapp

Michelle Carolina Herrera Gutienez

Alvin Lee

Selvakumar Inbaraj Daniel

Alejandro Sánchez Islas

Leiping Huang

Richard Lee Matson

Fernando Lozano Omaña

Shahram Haghi

Banyuga Pefok

Srividya Mudumbi

Alberto Molina Bernal

Michael Tyson, I

M Harish Kumar

Nand K Kochhar

Oscar Olguin

Jesus A Alfonso Alarcon Hernandez

Zhaorong Li

An assembly includes a seat. The assembly includes a first airbag supported by the seat. The assembly includes a second airbag supported by the seat. The assembly includes a manifold defining a chamber. The manifold includes a first fluid outlet operatively coupled to the first airbag to provide fluid from the chamber to the first airbag. The manifold includes a second fluid outlet operatively coupled to the second airbag to provide fluid from the chamber to the second airbag. The manifold includes an exhaust fluid outlet. The assembly includes an inflator operatively coupled to the manifold to provide fluid to the chamber.

Manifold to selectively inflate seat airbags

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

This disclosure relates to a motor vehicle with an arrangement configured to oppose movement of a vehicle door, and a corresponding method. An example motor vehicle includes a body, a door configured to slide relative to the body between an open position and a closed position, and a bracket connected to the door. The bracket includes a slot. Further, a locking arm is mounted to the body, and, when the door is in the closed position, the locking arm is configured to move such that the locking arm is received in the slot.

Arrangement configured to oppose movement of vehicle door

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

An assembly for a vehicle includes a steering wheel. The assembly includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag has a main chamber supported by the steering wheel. The main chamber in the inflated position has a rear panel facing the steering wheel, an impact panel opposite the rear panel, and an outermost periphery between the impact panel and the rear panel. The airbag includes an extension having a first end and a terminal end. The extension extends from the first end to the terminal end adjacent the rear panel of the main chamber. The first end extends from the outermost periphery and the rear panel and the terminal end is connected to the rear panel. The airbag has an inflation chamber extending from the main chamber to the terminal end through the first end of the extension.

Driver airbag with extension adjacent rear panel

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