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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2019
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David R. Huelke, Milan, MI (US);
Eric Axel Smitterberg, Berkley, MI (US);
Adrienne Huelke, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/235 (2006.01); B60R 21/237 (2006.01); B60R 21/264 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 21/235 (2013.01); B60R 21/237 (2013.01); B60R 21/264 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23382 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23509 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23519 (2013.01);
Abstract
An airbag assembly includes a base and an airbag extendable from the base to a flat position prior to inflation. A tether is elongated along an axis from a first end of the tether attached to the base to another end of the tether attached to the airbag in the flat position. A reinforcement is elongated along the axis in the flat position state and attached to the tether. The reinforcement has a greater torsional rigidity about the axis than the tether.