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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Uwe Buelow, Leverkusen, DE;
Eugen Riesen, Eitorf, DE;
Michael Goesch, Hilden, DE;
Felix Haenel, Cologne, DE;
Martina Boeddeker, Leverkusen, DE;
Chris Curtis, Leverkusen, DE;
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B60N 2/58 (2006.01); B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2165 (2013.01); B60N 2/58 (2013.01); B60R 21/207 (2013.01); B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60N 2002/5808 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle seat part has a cover with a tear seam and an airbag module with an airbag and a force concentrator. The force concentrator partially surrounds the airbag. The concentrator has two end regions connected to the cover adjacent to and on opposing sides of the tear seam. One of the end regions is connected to the cover at a plurality of connecting portions spaced apart from one another.