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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US);
Sean Bayle West, Monroe, MI (US);
Edward Joseph DeSmet, Canton, MI (US);
Benjamin Yilma, Canton, MI (US);
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Alan George Dry, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Marcos Silva Kondrad, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Spencer Robert Hoernke, Dundas, CA;
S. M. Akbar Berry, Windsor, CA;
Derek Board, Ferndale, MI (US);
Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A seat assembly includes a seatback having a back support portion centrally disposed thereon. A retractor mechanism is operably coupled to the seatback. A belt member is coupled to the retractor mechanism. The belt member further includes a body portion disposed between first and second ends of the belt member. The body portion of the belt member is operable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The belt member is disposed in front of the back support portion of the seatback in the deployed position. The belt member is disposed in an interior portion of the seatback in the stowed position. The seat assembly further includes an airbag assembly to which the belt member is attached. The belt member is deployed when the airbag assembly is deployed as coupled thereto.