US 11,667,258 B1
Telescoping panel with reaction surface
Adam J. Golman, San Jose, CA (US); Nathaniel J. Dennis, Saratoga, CA (US); Jesse T. Buehler, Portola Valley, CA (US); Jonathan O. Sive, San Carlos, CA (US); Donald R. Monroe, Los Gatos, CA (US); Mikael P. Sedlacek, Milpitas, CA (US); and Arturo Llamazares Domper, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Adam J. Golman, San Jose, CA (US); Nathaniel J. Dennis, Saratoga, CA (US); Jesse T. Buehler, Portola Valley, CA (US); Jonathan O. Sive, San Carlos, CA (US); Donald R. Monroe, Los Gatos, CA (US); Mikael P. Sedlacek, Milpitas, CA (US); and Arturo Llamazares Domper, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/514,208.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/126,154, filed on Dec. 16, 2020.
Int. Cl. B60R 21/2334 (2011.01); B60R 21/214 (2011.01); B60R 21/264 (2006.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/2334 (2013.01) [B60R 21/214 (2013.01); B60R 21/264 (2013.01); B60R 2021/161 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An occupant safety system for a vehicle, comprising:
an airbag configured to:
deploy from an interior surface of a vehicle; and
restrain motion of an occupant relative to the vehicle; and
a support coupled to an upper portion of the airbag via an anchor, the support comprising a telescoping panel configured to:
telescopically extend from the interior surface to guide the anchor in traveling from a stowed position proximate to the interior surface of the vehicle to a deployed position spaced apart from the interior surface in unison with deployment of the airbag;
control a direction of deployment of the airbag; and
form a reaction surface that abuts the airbag during deployment to restrain motion of the occupant relative to the vehicle.