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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 19, 2023
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Zhibing Deng, Northville, MI (US);
Joseph E. Abramczyk, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Deepak Patel, Canton, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60N 2/20 (2006.01); B60R 21/015 (2006.01); B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/239 (2006.01); B60R 21/261 (2011.01); B60R 21/01 (2006.01); B60R 21/26 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60N 2/206 (2013.01); B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60R 21/207 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 21/239 (2013.01); B60R 21/261 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01211 (2013.01); B60R 2021/01286 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23107 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23308 (2013.01); B60R 2021/26094 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2615 (2013.01);
Abstract
An assembly includes a vehicle seat including a seat back, an upper airbag mounted to the seat back, a lower airbag mounted to the seat back below the upper airbag, a flexible conduit fluidly coupling the upper airbag and the lower airbag, and a device actuatable between a first state permitting airflow through the conduit and a second state blocking airflow through the conduit.