Patent ID: 11958431
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An assembly comprising:
a vehicle body having a body side;
a first seat adjacent the body side and including a seatback and a seat bottom extending in a seat-forward direction from the seatback of the first seat;
the seatback and seat bottom of the first seat defining an occupant-seating area;
a second seat including a seat bottom and a seatback extending upwardly from the seat bottom of the second seat;
a head airbag mounted to the seatback of the first seat and inflatable over the occupant-seating area; and
a first knee airbag and a second knee airbag each mounted to the body side and inflatable from the body side in a cross-vehicle direction between the first seat and the second seat to an inflated position;
the first knee airbag being between the second knee airbag and the seat bottom of the first seat in the inflated position, and the second knee airbag being between the first knee airbag and the seat bottom of the second seat in the inflated position;
the first knee airbag and the second knee airbag in the inflated position extending lower than a bottom end of the seat bottom of the first seat and a bottom end of the seat bottom of the second seat;
the first knee airbag and the second knee airbag each including a leg-receiving portion and a protrusion extending radially outwardly from the leg-receiving portion, the protrusions of the first knee airbag and the second knee airbag being spaced from the body side by the leg-receiving portions, and the protrusions of the first knee airbag and the second knee airbag being aligned with each other along the cross-vehicle direction.