Pivoting center display for minimizing airbag interaction

A system and method for deploying an airbag includes an instrument panel and an airbag assembly disposed within the instrument panel. The airbag assembly includes the airbag and a door disposed within the instrument panel. A center display screen is pivotally disposed relative to the instrument pane...

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Hauptverfasser: Pattan, Ravishankar, Pillai, Gunasekar, Rajagopalan, Rajkumar, Saxena, Roopesh, Chitoor, Karthik, Hartwell, Jason A
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A system and method for deploying an airbag includes an instrument panel and an airbag assembly disposed within the instrument panel. The airbag assembly includes the airbag and a door disposed within the instrument panel. A center display screen is pivotally disposed relative to the instrument panel. The airbag assembly includes a first state wherein the door is closed and the airbag is folded and a transitional state wherein the door is opened, a least a portion of the airbag is unfolded and contacts the display to rotate the center display screen relative to the instrument panel.