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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2024
Zf Passive Safety Systems Us Llc, Washington, MI (US);
Kurt Fischer, Rochester, MI (US);
Douglas Gould, Lake Orion, MI (US);
ZF Passive Safety Systems US LLC, Washington, MI (US);
Abstract
A restraint system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a floor, a roof, and a cabin with a seat for the occupant includes an airbag having a stored condition on the vehicle floor. The airbag is inflatable to a deployed condition aligned with the occupant in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle and configured to receive a lower torso of an occupant penetrating into the airbag. At least one tether has a first end connected to the airbag and a second end connected to the vehicle floor for transmitting the energy of the occupant penetrating the airbag to the vehicle floor. At least one actuation unit connects the second end of each tether to the floor. The actuation unit is actuatable during deployment of the airbag to tension each tether for pulling the airbag towards the lower torso of the occupant.