18336073. AIRBAG AND INFLATABLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE (Ford Global Technologies, LLC)

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AIRBAG AND INFLATABLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

Organization Name

Ford Global Technologies, LLC

Inventor(s)

Dean M. Jaradi of Macomb MI (US)

Mohammad Omar Faruque of Ann Arbor MI (US)

S.M. Iskander Farooq of Novi MI (US)

Zhenyan Gao of Northville MI (US)

AIRBAG AND INFLATABLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18336073 titled 'AIRBAG AND INFLATABLE DEVICE FOR VEHICLE



Original Abstract Submitted

A vehicle includes a vehicle roof and an airbag supported by the vehicle roof. The airbag is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag defines an inflation chamber in the inflated position. The airbag includes a distal end below the vehicle roof in the inflated position. The vehicle includes an inflatable device supported by the vehicle roof. The inflatable device is a thermoplastic elastomer and inflatable to an inflated position. The inflatable device is in the inflation chamber of the airbag when the inflatable device and the airbag are in the inflated positions. The inflatable device includes a distal end in the inflation chamber of the airbag. The distal end of the inflatable device is below the vehicle roof and above the distal end of the airbag in the inflated position.