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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Zhibing Deng, Northville, MI (US);
Alison Callaghan, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Tzu-Chen Weng, Troy, MI (US);
Krishnakanth E. Aekbote, Novi, MI (US);
Srinivas Reddy Malapati, Novi, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a system including an instrument panel, a knee airbag, and a front airbag assembly. The knee airbag is inflatable downwardly from the instrument panel. The front airbag assembly is inflatable upwardly from the instrument panel. The front airbag assembly may be spaced from a windshield of the vehicle when the front airbag assembly is in the inflated position such that the windshield does not act as a reaction surface for the front airbag assembly, and the front airbag assembly is designed to control the kinematics of the occupant without using the windshield as a reaction surface.