Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof and an airbag supported by the roof. The airbag is inflatable downwardly from the roof to an inflated position surrounding a seatback. The airbag has non-inflatable panels and inflatable chambers in alternating arrangement around the seatback in the inflated position. A widest one of the non-inflatable panels is adjacent the back of the seatback in the inflated position. The widest one of the non-inflatable panels is wider in a horizontal plane that the other non-inflatable panels.

Abstract: A method for analyzing and managing a vehicle load carried by a vehicle, the vehicle having a fluid suspension system, the method including sampling, at a manifold of the fluid suspension system, a set of fluid pressure corresponding to a set of fluid springs of the fluid suspension system, wherein the set of fluid springs supports the vehicle load; determining an existing stiffness distribution, the existing stiffness distribution including a stiffness value associated with each of the set of fluid springs; determining a contextual dataset during vehicle operation; determining a desired stiffness distribution based on the contextual dataset; automatically controlling the set of fluid springs at the plurality of actuation points based on the desired stiffness distribution, wherein controlling the set of fluid springs includes setting the stiffness value of the fluid spring associated with each of the plurality of actuation points.

Abstract: A restraint system for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle having a floor and a cabin with a floor for the occupant includes an airbag. The airbag has a stored condition on the vehicle floor and is inflatable to a deployed condition aligned with the occupant in a forward-rearward direction of the vehicle. The airbag is configured to utilize the vehicle floor as a reaction surface for restraining the movement of the airbag in response to occupant penetration into the airbag.

Abstract: In a driver's seat airbag apparatus for vehicles, which includes a driver airbag which is deployed and expanded from a hub region towards a driver's seat via the inner peripheral side of a rim of a steering wheel surrounding this hub region, the driver airbag is configured so as to include: a back panel which is attached and fixed to an inflator provided in the hub region, and a bag body which is provided so as to be bonded to this back panel and deployed and expanded from this back panel towards the driver's seat, and wherein the attachment center S of the inflator to this back panel is set with respect to the center P of the back panel so as to be close to the 6 o'clock direction side in the 12 o'clock direction and the 6 o'clock direction of the steering wheel.

Abstract: An electric powered personal mobility vehicle that includes at least one front wheel and an electric motor that provides rotational force to a wheel of the vehicle. The electric motor is supported by the vehicle and is powered by a rechargeable battery that is also supported by the vehicle. The vehicle can also include swivel caster wheels each configured to rotate about a wheel axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to a side impact protection device comprising a side curtain airbag (22), wherein the side curtain airbag (22) includes a cushion area (24) extending along the side window (90) and at least partially covering the latter in the inflated state, comprising an upper securing edge (28) by which the cushion area (24) is secured to the lateral roof rail (18), and comprising a holding area (26) in the inflated state extending away from the side window (90) and from the cushion area (24) which constitutes the inner end of the side curtain airbag (22) and which is secured by its upper edge (29) to the vehicle roof (40) spaced apart from the lateral roof rail (18).

Abstract: A vehicle support member that is die-cast includes a fixing portion configured to fix a device arranged in a power unit room, and a fixing-portion connecting rib connecting the fixing portion and an outer peripheral wall supported on a pair of front side members constituting a vehicle body and located on an outer side of the power unit room in a width direction of a vehicle.

Abstract: A clamp mechanism for a steering column assembly includes a support bracket; a clamp pin; a fixing member; and a toothed rack. The toothed rack includes a plurality of recesses each spaced from an adjacent recess by a land and extends alongside the elongate slot. A locking pin is located in a bore in the fixing member that is biased in a direction towards the toothed rack by a spring and a clamp means which may cause the fixing member to move between a clamped condition and unclamped condition.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor defining a seating area. The vehicle includes a roof above the floor. The vehicle includes a base supported by the roof and pivotable from a stowed position at the roof to a deployed position rearward of the seating area. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the base and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position that is forward of the base toward the seating area.

Abstract: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle includes: an airbag cushion including: a main panel; a main portion including a first sewn part joined to the main panel and a first chamber part, the main portion disposed in a side of a passenger when the airbag cushion is expanded by gas injected in the first sewn part; and an auxiliary portion including a second sewn part and a second chamber part, the auxiliary portion disposed in front of the passenger when the airbag cushion is expanded by gas injected in the second sewn part; and a connection member including a first end connected to the main portion of the airbag cushion and a second end fixed to the second sewn part of the auxiliary portion, the connection member being configured to guide the airbag cushion to be expanded in a shape of surrounding the passenger when the airbag cushion is expanded.

Abstract: A lever assembly for a steering column includes a rotatable lock lever. The lever assembly also includes a bolt operatively coupled to the rotatable lock lever and rotated therewith. The lever assembly further includes a clamp load assembly operatively coupled to the bolt. The clamp load assembly includes an assist cam having a cam profile defined by at least one ramp. The clamp load assembly also includes an assist follower having a follower profile in contact with the cam profile. The clamp load assembly further includes an assist spring disposed between the assist follower and a column structure, the assist spring biasing the assist follower into contact with the assist cam.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraint system is configured to, when a vehicle speed is higher than or equal to a vehicle speed threshold, a steering angle velocity is higher than or equal to a steering angle velocity threshold set for each vehicle speed, and an estimated lateral acceleration is higher than or equal to an acceleration threshold, drive a retractor motor. The steering angle velocity threshold is as a condition to drive the retractor motor. Therefore, by setting an appropriate steering angle velocity threshold according to an amount of movement of an occupant with inertia in a vehicle width direction, the vehicle occupant restraint system is able to take up a webbing when the occupant is estimated to move with inertia by a relatively large amount in the vehicle width direction. The amount of movement with inertia varies for each vehicle speed even at the same steering angle velocity.

Abstract: A steering column assembly includes a first shaft, a second shaft, and a clip. The first shaft has a first yoke disposed at an end thereof. The second shaft has a second yoke disposed at an end thereof. The second yoke is connected to the first yoke such that rotation of the first shaft is configured to rotate the second shaft and such that the second shaft is rotatable relative to the first shaft. The clip is removably connected to one of the first shaft and the second shaft. The clip limits rotation of the second shaft relative to the first shaft prior to installation of the steering column assembly in a vehicle.

Abstract: An air bag device in which due to coupling between airbag chambers, a passenger is directly restrained in a seat located at each of various positions such that the air bag device responds to various collision modes. The air bag device includes a bridge chamber unfolding in a shape covering a first side of a seat and a front thereof, and a hook chamber unfolding in a shape covering a second side of the seat and the front thereof and coupled to the bridge chamber by a first coupling device in a part overlapping with the bridge chamber.

Abstract: An airbag device of the disclosure includes an airbag module that is installed in a central region of a steering wheel of a vehicle, and that accommodates an airbag that can deploy behind the steering wheel when a driver is seated in the driver's seat. The airbag module has an airbag inflation control unit that controls an inflation direction of the airbag in such a manner as to allow the airbag to inflate above the airbag module, after the airbag has inflated in such a direction as to abut on the driver's chest at the time of deployment of the airbag.

Abstract: A side airbag apparatus includes an airbag that is configured to be deployed and inflated between a body side portion of a vehicle and an occupant seated in a seat in a passenger compartment by a pressure of gas supplied from an inflator. The airbag includes an outer bag and an inner bag, which is provided in the outer bag and accommodates the inflator. The inner bag includes an upper-side inflation portion, which projects forward when inflated to correspond to the shoulder of the occupant, a lower-side inflation portion, which projects forward when inflated to correspond to the lumbar region of the occupant, and a recessed portion, which is provided between the upper-side inflation portion and the lower-side inflation portion. The inner bag includes a connecting hole that connects the inside and the outside of the inner bag to each other.

Abstract: Airbag assemblies, such as overhead airbag assemblies, comprising overlapping pass-through chambers. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an airbag cushion configured to deploy from a vehicle roof structure and a head contact chamber configured to engage a head of an occupant of the vehicle upon deployment. An opening may be formed within the airbag cushion adjacent to the head contact chamber and may extend from a first surface of the airbag cushion configured to engage the occupant to a second surface of the airbag cushion opposite the first surface. The opening may be smaller along one or more dimensions than the head contact chamber upon deployment such that the head contact chamber cannot enter the opening without engaging one or more portions of the airbag cushion defining the opening.

Abstract: The invention relates to an airbag for a vehicle occupant restraint system, comprising an airbag panel (16) defining an inflatable airbag volume as well as including a front panel portion (18) and a rear panel portion (20), a tether (22) extending in the interior of the airbag (14) across the inflatable airbag volume, a discharge orifice (24) which is formed in the rear panel portion (20) of the airbag panel (16), as well as a first closing tab (26) and a second closing tab (28) for closing the discharge orifice (24), wherein the tether (22) extends from a first tether end (32) tightly connected to the front panel portion (18) in the direction of the discharge orifice (24) to an opposite second tether end (34), wherein the first closing tab (26) extends from a first tab end (36) tightly connected to the rear panel portion (20) to a second tab end (38) tightly connected to the second tether end (34), wherein the second closing tab (28) is fastened on the rear panel portion (20) adjacent to the discharge orific

Abstract: A steering column assembly includes a steering column housing, a tilt housing pivotally attached to the steering column, and a steering wheel shaft supported by the tilt housing. The tilt housing is moveable between a range of angular positions relative to the steering column housing. A tilt lever assembly, including a tilt lever that is moveable between a locked position and an unlocked position, mechanically actuates a tilt lock mechanism between an engaged condition and a disengaged condition. The tilt lever assembly has a tilt lever assembly center of mass that is positioned such that an inertial force acting in a forward direction on the tilt lever assembly center of mass urges the tilt lever towards the locked position.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a floor. The vehicle includes a first track elongated along a vehicle-longitudinal axis and fixed to the floor. The vehicle includes a roof above the floor. The vehicle includes a second track elongated along the vehicle-longitudinal axis and fixed to the roof. The vehicle includes a post supported by and movable along the first track and the second track. The vehicle includes an airbag supported by the post and inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position.