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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2024
Filed:
May. 26, 2023
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
S.M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle seat has a seatback and a seat bottom defining an occupant-seating area. An inflatable device is fixed to the seatback and is inflatable from the seatback vehicle-forward along the occupant-seating area from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The inflatable device has an inflation chamber. The inflatable device is a thermoplastic elastomer. The vehicle includes a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: detect a removeable child-restraint system on the occupant-seating area; and based on the detection of the removeable child-restraint system on the occupant-seating area, inflate the inflatable device in response to detection of certain vehicle impacts.