US 11,891,007 B1
Deployable panel assembly for airbag
Eric Axel Smitterberg, Berkley, MI (US); Russell Joseph Mihm, Beverly Hills, MI (US); Johnathan Andrew Line, Northville, MI (US); Chuck R. Reese, Northville, MI (US); and James Robert Chascsa, II, Farmington Hills, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Dec. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/067,132.
Int. Cl. B60R 21/205 (2011.01); B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B60R 21/215 (2011.01); B60R 21/2155 (2011.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/205 (2013.01) [B60R 21/215 (2013.01); B60R 21/2155 (2013.01); B60R 21/2165 (2013.01); B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 2021/161 (2013.01); B60R 2021/21537 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23107 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
a dash;
a panel having a proximal end rotatably connected to the dash, the panel being rotatable about the proximal end from an undeployed position to a deployed position, the proximal end being engaged with the dash in the deployed position and the panel having a distal end spaced above the dash in the deployed position;
a member supported by the dash and translatable upwardly from an undeployed position to a deployed position, the panel abutting the member in the deployed position, the member being rigid relative to the panel in the deployed position; and
an airbag supported by the dash and inflatable to an inflated position, the airbag abutting the panel in the inflated position, the panel being between the airbag and the member.