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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Mohammed Omar Faruque, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US);
Robert William McCoy, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jamel E. Belwafa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Jaeho Cho, Shelby Township, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes first and second cover segments adjacent one another and collectively defining a surface of an instrument panel for a vehicle in an installed position of the first cover segment and a support member spaced away from the first cover segment opposite the surface. The apparatus further includes a sidewall body extending between the first cover segment and the support member and enclosing a first volume therein and an inflator fluidly coupled to the first volume. When the inflator expands the first volume, the sidewall body extends away from the support member and respectively displaces the first cover segment to a deployed position away from the second cover segment.