Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Steering wheel assembly including an airbag tether
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Application No.: US15006383Application Date: 2016-01-26
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Publication No.: US09963099B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Mangala A. Jayasuriya , Robert William McCoy
- 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: B60R21/203
- IPC: B60R21/203 ; B60R21/2338 ; B60R21/235 ; B62D1/11

Abstract:
A steering wheel assembly for a vehicle includes a steering wheel and an airbag that is supported by the steering wheel. The airbag is inflatable away from the steering wheel in an inflation direction. An airbag tether includes a first end coupled to the steering wheel, and a second end spaced from the first end and coupled to the steering wheel. The airbag is disposed between the steering wheel and the airbag tether. During a frontal impact of the vehicle, the airbag tether may be positioned independent of steering wheel position to restrict inflation of the airbag adjacent a thorax of a driver of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170210325A1 STEERING WHEEL ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AN AIRBAG TETHER Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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