Adaptive backup structure for airbag support
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1. A vehicle comprising:
- a driver seat;
a passenger seat;
a display mounted on a dashboard positioned in front of the passenger seat, the display movable between a first position flush with the dashboard and a second position angled toward the driver seat; and
an airbag system comprising an airbag cushion configured to deploy into a space between the passenger seat and the display, the airbag cushion further configured to inflate in a controlled manner that pushes the display from the second position to the first position.
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Abstract
In a vehicle having a display mounted forward of a passenger seat on a dashboard and angled toward a driver seat adjacent the passenger seat, the display is moveable from the angled position to a position flush with the dashboard, and an airbag system is configured to deploy an airbag cushion that displaces the display from the angled position to the position flush with the dashboard to ensure that the airbag cushion has an adequate backup or support surface.
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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a driver seat; a passenger seat; a display mounted on a dashboard positioned in front of the passenger seat, the display movable between a first position flush with the dashboard and a second position angled toward the driver seat; and an airbag system comprising an airbag cushion configured to deploy into a space between the passenger seat and the display, the airbag cushion further configured to inflate in a controlled manner that pushes the display from the second position to the first position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A vehicle comprising:
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a display mounted on a dashboard forward of a passenger seat, the display angled toward a driver seat adjacent the passenger seat and having a first side proximate the driver seat and a second side distal the driver seat, the first side rotatably mounted to the dashboard and the second side held in position by a mount; a crash detection system; a mechanism for breaking or displacing the mount upon detection of a crash by the crash detection system; and an airbag system comprising an airbag cushion configured to deploy into a space between the passenger seat and the display, the airbag cushion further configured to inflate in a controlled manner that causes the display to rotate toward the dashboard. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A vehicle airbag system comprising
an inflator; -
a crash detection system that triggers the inflator upon detection of a vehicle crash; and an airbag cushion connected to the inflator, the airbag cushion configured to deploy into a space between a vehicle passenger seat and a display mounted on a vehicle dashboard when the crash detection system detects a vehicle crash, the airbag cushion further configured to exert, during inflation of the airbag cushion, a force on the display that causes the display to rotate from a second position to a first position, the second position angled relative to the dashboard and the first position parallel with the dashboard. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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