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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
May. 12, 2022
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
S. M. Iskander Farooq, Novi, MI (US);
Mohammad Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dean M. Jaradi, Macomb, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A bumper assembly of a vehicle includes a vehicle bumper and a first inflatable device supported by the bumper. The first inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. A second inflatable device is supported by the bumper and spaced cross-vehicle from the first inflatable device. The second inflatable device is deployable downwardly from the bumper from an undeployed position to a deployed position. An uninflatable panel is below the bumperand extends from the first inflatable device to the second inflatable device in the deployed position.