Deployable seat mounted occupant shoulder restraint for side impact
US10632955B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Grant date | Apr 28, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2021/23386
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle safety system is mounted on a far-side vehicle seat for protecting a far-side occupant in a near-side impact crash event. The vehicle safety system includes an occupant restraint mounted on an inboard side of a seat back of the far-side vehicle seat. The restraint includes a support frame rotatable from a stowed condition where the support frame is aligned with the seat back and a deployed condition where the support frame is forward of the seat back. The support frame includes a rear arm and a forward arm each rotatably connected to the seat back at separate mounting points with the mounting point of the rear arm located above the mounting point of the forward arm. In a near-side impact crash event the restraint is rotated into the deployed condition inboard of the far-side vehicle seat to restrain the far-side occupant against lateral movement within the vehicle.
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