Assembly for a vehicle including a slidable base with tray and airbag

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11577680-B1
Application number	US-202217674947-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Feb 18, 2022
Priority date	Feb 18, 2022
Publication date	Feb 14, 2023
Grant date	Feb 14, 2023

Abstract

An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle floor. The assembly includes a base slidably supported by the vehicle floor with the base being slidable relative to the vehicle floor from a stowed position to a deployed position. The assembly includes a tray supported by the base and an airbag supported by the base adjacent the tray.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly comprising:
a vehicle floor;
a base slidably supported by the vehicle floor, the base being slidable relative to the vehicle floor from a stowed position to a deployed position;
a tray supported by the base; and
an airbag supported by the base adjacent the tray.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a track supported by the vehicle floor, the base being slidably engaged with the track.

3. The assembly of claim 2 , further comprising a second track supported by the vehicle floor and spaced from the track, the base being slidably engaged with the second track.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the base includes a pair of legs spaced from each other and a top portion extending from one leg to the other leg, the legs being slidably engaged with the track and the second track.

5. The assembly of claim 2 , wherein the track is elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis.

6. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base is slidable along a vehicle-longitudinal axis from the stowed position to the deployed position.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base includes a pair of legs spaced from each other and a top portion extending from one leg to the other leg, the legs being slidably supported by the vehicle floor.

8. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the legs are telescopic from a lowered position to a raised position.

9. The assembly of claim 7 , wherein the airbag is supported by the top portion.

10. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base is telescopic from a lowered position to a raised position.

11. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a dash, the base being adjacent the dash in the stowed position and spaced from the dash in the deployed position.

12. The assembly of claim 11 , wherein the airbag is inflatable away from the dash.

13. The assembly of claim 11 , wherein the dash defines a recess, the recess receiving the base in the stowed position.

14. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the tray is rotatable from a lowered position to a raised position and the airbag is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position, the airbag abutting the tray when the tray is in the raised position and the airbag is in the inflated position.

15. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the base slides vehicle-rearward from the stowed position to the deployed position.

16. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the airbag inflates vehicle-rearward from the base.

17. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a computer including a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
identify a position of a wheelchair along a vehicle-longitudinal axis of a vehicle; and
slide the base along the vehicle-longitudinal axis to a position corresponding to the position of the wheelchair.

18. The assembly of claim 17 , wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to inflate the airbag in response to detection of a vehicle impact.

19. The assembly of claim 17 , wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to telescope the base from a lowered position to a raised position adjacent the wheelchair when the base is in the position corresponding to the position of the wheelchair.

20. The assembly of claim 17 , wherein the memory stores instructions executable by the processor to indicate the vehicle will move into Drive and slide the base from the stowed position to the deployed position based on the indication that the vehicle will move into Drive.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Faruque Mohammad Omar
• Farooq S M Iskander
• Jaradi Dean M

Classifications

• B60R21/01554

  Seat position sensors · CPC title

• B60N3/002

  of trays · CPC title

• B60N2/245

  for handicapped persons · CPC title

• B60N2/01516

  with locking mechanisms · CPC title

• B60R21/20 Primary

  Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components · CPC title