ACTIVE BOLSTER WITH DIRECTIONAL VENT INTO CONCEALED BUFFER ZONE.
摘要
An active bolster includes a plastic trim wall that deploys toward a passenger compartment and a plastic-molded bladder member joined with the trim wall by a hot weld seam to form an inflatable bladder. The bladder member includes at least one substantially circumferential pleat for unfolding in response to an inflation gas. A reaction member is joined to a central region of the bladder member to provide a reaction surface. The pleat has a peak disposed proximate to the reaction member and an outer band between the peak and the weld seam at least a portion of which extends perpendicularly to the reaction member. A buffer zone is formed circumjacent the outer band between the trim wall and the reaction member. The pleat has a vent opening formed in the outer band providing an unobstructed path for inflation gas from the inflatable bladder to the buffer zone.
申请公布号
MX2016004815(A)
申请公布日期
2016.10.13
申请号
MX20160004815
申请日期
2016.04.14
申请人
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
发明人
RAINES, Stacey H.;MAZZOCCHI, Nicholas A.;Kaitlin M. CISCHKE;Robert A. CHANKO;Tyler COHOON