US 12,409,802 B2
Combination inflatable and web-based restraint for a motor vehicle seat
Chris P. Jessup, Sheridan, IN (US); Douglas W. Bittner, Indianapolis, IN (US); and Steven Gale, Colfax, IN (US)
Assigned to INDIANA MILLS & MANUFACTURING, INC., Westfield, IN (US)
Appl. No. 18/578,392
Filed by INDIANA MILLS & MANUFACTURING, INC., Westfield, IN (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 2, 2022, PCT No. PCT/US2022/039130
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 11, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/014688, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 9, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/229,078, filed on Aug. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0294135 A1, Sep. 5, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/18 (2006.01); B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B60R 21/261 (2011.01); B60R 22/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/18 (2013.01) [B60R 21/2165 (2013.01); B60R 21/261 (2013.01); B60R 22/00 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2612 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A combination inflatable and web-based restraint for an occupant of a motor vehicle seat, the combination comprising:
an occupant restraint collar having an arcuate portion, and first and second spaced apart legs each joined to or integral with the arcuate portion and extending downwardly from the arcuate portion to first and second respective free ends, the occupant restraint collar configured to engage the occupant with the arcuate portion extending about a back of a neck and over opposite shoulders of the occupant and with the first and second legs extending downwardly along respective sides of a torso of the occupant,
a first shoulder web configured to extend through or over a seat back of the vehicle seat, the first shoulder web extending through the first leg adjacent to a front of the seat back,
a second shoulder web configured to extend through or over the seat back, the second shoulder web extending through the second leg adjacent to the front of the seat back,
an inflatable airbag housed, in an uninflated state, within the arcuate portion and the first and second legs of the occupant restraint collar, the airbag configured to open a seam of, and extend out of, the arcuate portion and the first and second legs of the occupant restraint collar upon deployment thereof, and
at least one inflator fluidly coupled to the airbag for deploying the airbag,
wherein, with the entire occupant restraint collar engaging the occupant, the entire occupant restraint collar is movable relative to the motor vehicle seat along each of the first and second shoulder webs.