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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/217 (2011.01); B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B60R 21/2342 (2011.01); B60R 21/205 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2176 (2013.01); B60R 21/205 (2013.01); B60R 21/2165 (2013.01); B60R 21/2342 (2013.01);
Abstract
An airbag assembly is provided to include a chute channel disposed between an instrument panel skin and an airbag module. The chute channel includes a base; and a plurality of radial ribs disposed on a surface of the base, extending from a middle portion to an edge of the base and configured to transfer forces from the airbag deployment towards a tear seam on the instrument panel skin.