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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2019
Applicant:
Trw Vehicle Safety Systems Inc, Washington, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kurt F. Fischer, Rochester, MI (US);
Angelo J. Adler, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Alexandra E. Schroeder, Lenox, MI (US);
Assignee:
ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC., Washington, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/206 (2011.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60R 21/013 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60N 2/14 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/206 (2013.01); B60R 21/013 (2013.01); B60R 21/01516 (2014.10); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60N 2/143 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0009 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23153 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23388 (2013.01);
Abstract
A restraint system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a floor and a cabin with a floor for the occupant includes an airbag. The airbag has a stored condition on the vehicle floor and is inflatable to a deployed condition aligned with the occupant in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle. The airbag is configured to utilize the vehicle floor as a reaction surface for restraining the movement of the airbag in response to occupant penetration into the airbag.