US 11,858,446 B2
Seatback-mounted airbag
Ming Shen, Troy, MI (US); Huipeng Chen, Canton, MI (US); Agnes S. Kim, Dearborn, MI (US); Robert William McCoy, Ann Arbor, MI (US); James Chih Cheng, Troy, MI (US); and Raed Essa EL-Jawahri, Northville, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Apr. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/237,108.
Prior Publication US 2022/0340095 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/239 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) [B60R 21/239 (2013.01); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
a dash;
a seat having a seatback and a head restraint extending upwardly from the seatback; and
an airbag supported by the seatback and inflatable from the seatback toward the dash in a seat-rearward direction to an inflated position;
the airbag in the inflated position having a lower portion supported by the seatback and an upper portion supported by the lower portion, the upper portion extending from the lower portion upwardly to behind the head restraint; and
the airbag including a pair of lobes connected to the upper portion seat-rearward of the head restraint in the inflated position, the lobes extending from the upper portion along the head restraint in a seat-forward direction in the inflated position, the head restraint being between the lobes in the inflated position.