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Patent No.:

US 9446731 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016

Filed:

May. 01, 2015

Inflatable chamber integrated into center floor console

Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Sean Bayle West, Monroe, MI (US);

Stacey H. Raines, Ypsilanti, MI (US);

Benjamin Yilma, Canton, MI (US);

Nicholas Andrew Mazzocchi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Brian Robert Spahn, Plymouth, MI (US);

Assignee:

FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:

Frank A. MacKenzie

Bejin Bieneman PLC

Primary Examiner:

Drew Brown

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/20 (2011.01); B60R 21/215 (2011.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/20 (2013.01); B60R 21/215 (2013.01); B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23153 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23169 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle console includes a frame and an impact absorbing device supported on the frame. The impact absorbing device includes a bladder connected to the frame and a panel connected to the bladder. The bladder and the panel define an inflation chamber between the bladder and the panel. The panel is rigid relative to the bladder. An inflator is in communication with the inflation chamber.

Find Patent Forward Citations

West, Sean. (2016). Inflatable chamber integrated into center floor console (U.S. Patent No. 9446731). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9446731

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