US 11,718,264 B1
Seatbelt with head restraint systems and methods
Phouvadol P. Khouphongsy, Saline, MI (US); Umesh Gandhi, Farmington Hills, MI (US); Danil Prokhorov, Canton, MI (US); Yuyang Song, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Paul Gilmore, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US); and TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi-ken (JP)
Filed by TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/941,548.
Int. Cl. B60R 21/18 (2006.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/231 (2013.01) [B60R 21/18 (2013.01); B60R 21/233 (2013.01); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23107 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23308 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A method comprising:
controlling a deployment of an airbag unit using an electrostatic clutch; and
wherein the electrostatic clutch is operable to limit a movement of the airbag unit to define a deployment shape of the airbag unit.