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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Autoliv Asp, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Donald James Paxton, Romeo, MI (US);
Dino Anthony Forton, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Chandrakanth Siddharthan, Troy, MI (US);
David Keyser, Orion, MI (US);
Dion Karl-Axel Kruse, Alingsås, SE;
AUTOLIV ASP, INC., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
Apparatus, methods, and systems for repositioning a steering wheel and/or airbag cushion prior to and/or during deployment of the airbag cushion resulting from an impact event. Some embodiments may comprise a steering wheel configured to be positioned between a first, operational configuration and a second, deployed configuration, wherein in the second configuration the steering wheel is positioned laterally relative to the first configuration, and wherein the steering wheel is configured to be repositioned between the first configuration and the second configuration. A steering wheel actuator may be configured to move the steering wheel laterally from the first configuration to the second configuration.