Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Deployable device mounted to vehicle frame
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Application No.: US15358256Application Date: 2016-11-22
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Publication No.: US10065586B2Publication Date: 2018-09-04
- Inventor: Saeed David Barbat , Mohammed Omar Faruque , Dean M. Jaradi , S. M. Iskander Farooq
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Frank A. MacKenzie
- Main IPC: B60R21/00
- IPC: B60R21/00 ; B60R21/206 ; B60R19/00 ; B62D21/02 ; B62D21/03 ; B62D21/11 ; B62D21/15

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a frame, a wheel supported by the frame; and a device fixed to the frame. The device includes an inflator and an inflatable member in fluid communication with the inflator. The inflatable member is inflatable away from the frame and into contact with the wheel to push the wheel away from the frame during sensed impact of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180141511A1 DEPLOYABLE DEVICE MOUNTED TO VEHICLE FRAME Public/Granted day:2018-05-24
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