Patent ID: 11938883
Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A deployment ramp for helping to direct a side airbag to deploy along a desired deployment trajectory from a vehicle seatback to a deployed position, the deployment ramp comprising:
a mounting wall configured to be connected to a seat frame of the seatback;
a deployment wall configured to deflect outboard of the vehicle seatback in response to airbag deployment and at least partially cover padding and/or a cover of the seatback; and
a bottom wall that extends between the mounting wall and the deployment wall, the bottom wall forming a reaction surface configured to support the side airbag against deployment in a direction opposite the deployment direction so that the side airbag deploys along the desired deployment trajectory.