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Patent No.:

US 10752199 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2018

Vehicle airbags for occupants in rear facing seats

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Huipeng Chen, Canton, MI (US);

Robert William McCoy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Agnes S. Kim, Dearborn, MI (US);

James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Frank A. MacKenzie

Bejin Bieneman PLC

Primary Examiner:

Drew J Brown

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/0136 (2006.01); B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 21/0136 (2013.01); B60R 21/207 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23316 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23382 (2013.01);
Abstract

Method and apparatus are disclosed for vehicle airbags for occupants in rear-facing seats. An example vehicle includes an instrument panel, a rear-facing seat adjacent the instrument panel and including a seatback and a headrest, and an airbag including a lower portion and an upper portion. When undeployed, the airbag is stored in the instrument panel. When the airbag deploys, the lower portion presses onto a back of the seatback and the upper portion presses onto a back of the headrest.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Chen, Huipeng. (2020). Vehicle airbags for occupants in rear facing seats (U.S. Patent No. 10752199). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10752199

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