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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Edward J. Abramoski, Canton, MI (US);
Matthew B. Makowski, Northville, MI (US);
Jovica J. Jakovski, Macomb Township, MI (US);
Djamal E. Midoun, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An exemplary knee airbag assembly may include an airbag cushion that has a first end and a second end. The airbag cushion may be inflatable from a stowed position to a deployed position in which it has a length and a thickness. The exemplary knee airbag assembly may also include an enlarged portion at at least one of the ends of the airbag cushion when the knee airbag assembly is in at least the deployed state. The enlarged portion increases the thickness of the airbag cushion along at least a portion of the length of the airbag cushion at the at least one of the ends of the airbag cushion such that the knee airbag assembly may be non-symmetrical.