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Vehicle seat with deployable panel

US10807551B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

14References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

Zhibing Deng · Northville, US
Krishnakanth E. Aekbote · Farmington Hills, US
Joseph E. Abramczyk · Farmington Hills, US
Deepak Patel · Canton, US
Yun Cai · Berkeley, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Oct 20, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 16, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/0273
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A seat includes a seat bottom and a seatback. A seatbelt buckle is supported by the seat bottom. A restraint is deployable from the seatback to a deployed position and in the deployed position includes a first edge extending along the seatback, a second edge extending along the seat bottom, and a third edge extending from the first edge to the second edge. The restraint is disposed outboard of the seatbelt buckle relative to the seat bottom.

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