US 12,319,222 B2
Airbag assembly including deployable panel
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 Jan. 31, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/428,345.
Application 18/428,345 is a division of application No. 18/051,947, filed on Nov. 2, 2022, granted, now 12,012,064.
Prior Publication US 2024/0166160 A1, May 23, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/205 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/2338 (2013.01) [B60R 21/205 (2013.01); B60R 2021/161 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23386 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly comprising:
a dash including an upper surface;
a deployable panel supported by the dash and moveable relative to the dash from an undeployed position to a deployed position, the deployable panel having a proximal end at the dash in the deployed position and a distal end spaced above the dash in the deployed position;
the distal end rotating about the proximal end from the undeployed position to the deployed position;
an airbag supported by the dash and inflatable to an inflated position, the airbag abutting the deployable panel when the deployable panel is in the deployed position and the airbag is in the inflated position;
a tether extending from the airbag to the deployable panel in the deployed position; and
a deployable leg extending from the deployable panel and abutting the dash in the deployed position, the deployable panel is between the airbag and the deployable leg;
the deployable leg and the deployable panel together forming a triangular shape.