Blanket airbag with integrated seat belt system

US11225216B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC · US

Inventors

• Chin-Hsu Lin · Troy, US
• Yi-Pen Cheng · Troy, US
• Scott D. Thomas · Novi, US
• Gary L. Jones · Farmington Hills, US
• Paul E. Krajewski · Troy, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 2021
• Grant date: Jan 18, 2022
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2022/028
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat safety system. The vehicle safety seat system comprises a vehicle seat configured to move between a substantially reclining position and a substantially sitting position. The vehicle seat comprises at least a seat back and a seat bottom. The system also includes an enclosure configured to store a blanket airbag in an undeployed position prior to a collision, wherein the enclosure is disposed near the head of a passenger in the vehicle seat, and wherein the blanket airbag is ejected from the enclosure to an intermediate position in the event of a collision. The system further comprises a first electromechanical restraint system associated with the seat back and coupled to the blanket airbag by a first physical coupling and a second electromechanical restraint system associated with the seat bottom and coupled to the blanket airbag by a second physical coupling. The first and second electromechanical restraint systems pull the blanket airbag from the intermediate position to a deployed position in which the blanket airbag substantially covers the passenger.