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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Benjamin Yilma, Canton, MI (US);
Spencer Robert Hoernke, Dundas, CA;
Marcos Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Sean Bayle West, Monroe, MI (US);
Edward Joseph DeSmet, Canton, MI (US);
William Jerome Olsen, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
S. M. Akbar Berry, Windsor, CA;
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat assembly includes a seatback having an interior portion and a seat portion having an interior portion. A belt member includes first and second ends and a deployable portion disposed therebetween. The deployable portion is operable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The deployable portion of the belt member is disposed within the interior portion of the seatback and the interior portion of the seat portion when the deployable portion is in the stowed position. The deployable portion of the belt member is disposed outside of the interior portion of the seatback and outside of the interior portion of the seat portion when the deployable portion is in the deployed position. One or more retractor mechanisms are operably coupled to the belt member and operative to retract a portion of the deployable portion of the belt member after or during deployment.