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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mark A. Cuddihy, New Boston, MI (US);
Christopher Attard, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jeff Allen Greenberg, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Rajit Johri, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Devinder Singh Kochhar, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jialiang Le, Canton, MI (US);
Manoharprasad K. Rao, Novi, MI (US);
Matthew Y. Rupp, Canton, MI (US);
John Shutko, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Roger Arnold Trombley, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hongtei Eric Tseng, Canton, MI (US);
Andrew Waldis, Orion Township, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle includes a steering wheel located in a passenger compartment. The steering wheel is configured to be moved from an operational position to a stowed position. In the event of a collision, a first airbag is configured to deploy when the steering wheel is in the operational position and a second airbag is configured to deploy when the steering wheel is in the stowed position.