| CPC B60R 21/02 (2013.01) [B60R 21/01512 (2014.10); B60R 21/207 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0006 (2013.01); B60R 2021/022 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A vehicle comprising:
a vehicle seat including a seatback defining an occupant seating area;
the seatback including an inboard bolster and an outboard bolster spaced from the inboard bolster in a cross-seat direction with the occupant seating area between the inboard bolster and the outboard bolster;
an actuator supported by the inboard bolster, the actuator including a housing and a driving mechanism in the housing;
an arm rotatably supported by the housing of the actuator on the inboard bolster;
a hinge between the housing and the arm, the arm being rotatable about an axis of the hinge, and the actuator being configured to rotate the arm about the axis toward the occupant seating area, the axis of the hinge being on a rotational axis of the driving mechanism of the actuator;
the hinge including a stop designed to stop rotation of the arm relative to the inboard bolster in a deployed position as the arm rotates from an undeployed position to the deployed position;
the stop being spaced from the housing of the actuator in the undeployed position and abutting the housing of the actuator in the deployed position; and
a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
detect an occupant in the occupant seating area; and
based on the detection of an occupant in the occupant seating area, rotate the arm toward the occupant seating area in response to detection of certain vehicle impacts.
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