Patent ID: 11912230
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An assembly comprising:
a seat having a seat bottom that includes a top surface and a front end;
an airbag supported by the seat and inflatable to an inflated position, the airbag in the inflated position including a bottom end positioned below the top surface;
a pyrotechnic retractor supported by the seat bottom;
a tether connected to the bottom end of the airbag seat-forward of the front end of the seat bottom and below the top surface and connected to the pyrotechnic retractor, the tether extending from the bottom end seat-rearward to the pyrotechnic retractor at the seat bottom such that actuation of the pyrotechnic retractor retracts the tether and urges the bottom end of the airbag toward the seat bottom; and
a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to actuate the pyrotechnic retractor a specified amount of time after actuating inflation of the airbag, the specified amount of time sufficient to permit movement of the bottom end of the airbag down to below the top surface, and the specified amount of time is 30 to 50 milliseconds.