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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Stacey H. Raines, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Tyler Cohoon, Detroit, MI (US);
Peter J. Bejin, Northville, MI (US);
Kaitlin M. Cischke, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Nicholas A. Mazzocchi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Raffi B. Manoukian, Northville, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An active glove box door includes a bladder member joined along an outer perimeter with a front wall by a hot weld seam to form an inflatable bladder. The bladder member includes a circumferential pleat for unfolding in response to an inflation gas during a crash event. A door inner liner is joined to a central region of the bladder member and forms a generally continuous plate behind the bladder member. The door inner liner interfaces with the instrument panel to provide a reaction surface for expansion of the bladder. The pleat has a peak disposed proximate to the door inner liner, wherein the peak includes a vent opening that delineates a collision region on the door inner liner. The door inner liner includes a plurality of perforations in the collision region permitting flow of inflation gas from the vent opening through the door inner liner.