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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Stephen O'Connor, Livonia, MI (US);
Jacob Wookeun Lee, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/239 (2006.01); B60R 21/263 (2011.01); B60R 21/20 (2011.01); B60R 21/30 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/16 (2013.01); B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60R 21/01554 (2014.10); B60R 21/20 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 21/239 (2013.01); B60R 21/263 (2013.01); B60R 21/30 (2013.01); B60R 21/00 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2395 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23169 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2633 (2013.01);
Abstract
A restraint system includes an instrument panel having an exterior panel directed downward, an airbag having an uninflated position behind the exterior panel and having a left chamber and a right chamber, a left inflator coupled to the left chamber, a right inflator coupled to the right chamber, and a controller programmed to selectively activate each inflator to one of a high output and a low output based on an impact angle.