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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2015
Autoliv Asp, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
John Witt, Clinton Township, MI (US);
Dino Forton, Chesterfield Township, MI (US);
Richard Petrusev, Oxford, MI (US);
Vince Pizzo, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Bill Sobkowicz, Macomb, MI (US);
Brian Keith Czach, Shelby Township, MI (US);
AUTOLIV ASP, INC., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
Ejection mitigation devices are disclosed that limit, prevent, or otherwise mitigate vehicle occupant ejection through the roof of a vehicle in events involving roof failure. The ejection mitigation devices are to be installed at the roof of the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The devices include a canopy having sufficient strength to restrain movement of a vehicle occupant through the canopy. The canopy is configured to be attached to one or more roof rails of the passenger compartment at a position interior to the outer roof skin.