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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2018
Autoliv Asp, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Donald James Paxton, Romeo, MI (US);
Dino Anthony Forton, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Chandrakanth Siddharthan, Troy, MI (US);
David Keyser, Orion, MI (US);
Dion Karl-Axel Kruse, Alingsas, SE;
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and systems for repositioning a steering wheel and/or airbag cushion prior to and/or during deployment of the airbag cushion resulting from an impact event. Some embodiments may comprise a steering wheel configured to be positioned between a first, operational configuration and a second, deployed configuration at least in part by a translational movement of the steering wheel. An airbag cushion may be deployable from the steering wheel and may be configured to move from the first configuration to the second configuration before or during deployment of the airbag cushion.