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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Applicant:
Raymond E. Kalisz, Livonia, MI (US);
Inventor:
Raymond E. Kalisz, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An active bolster for protecting an occupant during a crash event of a motor vehicle includes a back wall and a front wall forming an inflatable bladder. The back wall includes a stationary central mounting section and a pleated section with generally-circumferential pleats that unfold during bladder inflation. The pleats provide a transverse curve length that is radially variable with a greatest transverse curve length toward a first end of the wall and a smallest transverse curve length toward an opposite end of the wall so that expansion of the wall is biased toward the to first end.