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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Raj S. Roychoudhury, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
John A. Young, Grosse Ile, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a main body substantially enclosing an interior volume. The main body is elastically expandable to an inflated configuration. The apparatus further includes a vent aperture in the main body and a vent cover at least partially overlapping the vent aperture. The vent aperture and the vent cover define a passage from the interior volume to outside of the main body. In the inflated configuration of the main body and within a pressure threshold of the interior volume, the vent cover constricts the passage proportionately to a pressure increase in the interior volume of the main body.