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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Brian Spahn, Plymouth, MI (US);
Benjamin Yilma, Canton, MI (US);
Alan George Dry, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
S. M. Akbar Berry, Windsor, CA;
Jeffrey Charles Paddock, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/427 (2006.01); B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/0136 (2006.01); B60R 21/02 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60N 2/4279 (2013.01); B60R 21/0136 (2013.01); B60R 21/207 (2013.01); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0032 (2013.01); B60R 2021/022 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0273 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23107 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seat back having a front surface and a rear surface, a panel movable along the rear surface from a stowed position adjacent the rear surface to a deployed position facing the front surface, and an airbag supported on the panel and inflatable toward the front surface to an inflated position in which the airbag contacts the panel.