Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle external airbag
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Application No.: US17188229Application Date: 2021-03-01
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Publication No.: US11491950B2Publication Date: 2022-11-08
- Inventor: S. M. Iskander Farooq , Mohammad Omar Faruque , Dean M. Jaradi
- 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: B60R21/36
- IPC: B60R21/36 ; B60R21/2338 ; B60R21/0134 ; B60R21/34

Abstract:
A vehicle includes a body. The body includes a front pillar and a front-end structure spaced from the front pillar. The front-end structure includes a grille. The body includes a hood extending from the front pillar to the front-end structure. An airbag is mounted to the front-end structure adjacent to the grille and is inflatable to an inflated position. The airbag includes an upper portion inflatable along the front-end structure and the hood to the inflated position. A pyrotechnic actuator is disposed at the front pillar. The pyrotechnic actuator is positioned to pull the upper portion across the hood towards the front pillar during inflation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220274558A1 VEHICLE EXTERNAL AIRBAG Public/Granted day:2022-09-01
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