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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2025
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
An assembly includes a dash, an inflator supported by the dash, and an airbag supported by the dash. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag in the inflated position is selectively deployable to one of a first position or a second position spaced away from the dash relative to the first position. An inflation tube fluidly connects the inflator and the airbag. An airbag tether connects the airbag to the dash in the first position and the second position. The airbag tether is selectively extendable from a first length when the airbag is in the first position and a second length longer than the first length when the airbag is in the second position.