Airbag system and method(s) of use thereof

US11208070B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Dean M. Jaradi · Waldenburg, US
• Mohammad Omar Faruque · Ann Arbor, US
• S. M. Iskander Farooq · Novi, US
• Joseph E. Abramczyk · Farmington Hills, US
• Zhibing Deng · Northville, US
• Deepak Patel · Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 15, 2020
• Grant date: Dec 28, 2021
• Expiry date: Oct 15, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/23388
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an airbag system which is operable to deploy in a vehicle crash event. The airbag system includes an airbag having an upper chamber, a lower chamber, an actuator, a tether, and an actuatable pin. In one example, the tether has a predetermined length and extends between the actuator and the lower chamber. The actuator is disposed at a predetermined lateral distance from the lateral chamber and is configured to inflate the upper chamber and the lower chamber to a predefined pressure. Furthermore, the actuatable pin is configured to maintain the tether in an indirect path when the airbag is not deployed and the actuatable pin is configured to allow the tether to have a direct path between the actuator and the lower chamber when the airbag is deployed.