US 10,328,885 B2Granted

Vehicle seat with side airbag

AssigneeHyundai Dymos Incorporated

InventorsJin Ho Seo, Soo Keun Jang, Young Min Hyun, Byoung Hoon Lee

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Abstract

Disclosed is a vehicle seat with a side airbag, which includes an airbag module with an airbag cushion accommodated therein; a seat back frame with the airbag module mounted thereto; and a seat back pad provided with bolsters protruding forward at opposite sides thereof, with an accommodation space being formed in an outboard one of the bolsters by coupling the outboard bolster to the seat back frame, thereby allowing the airbag module to be accommodated therein, wherein the seat back pad includes a body part, and a guide part formed in an inboard portion of an inner surface of the outboard bolster to guide deployment of the airbag cushion, and the body part and the guide part are made of materials having different rigidity from each other.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A vehicle seat with a side airbag, the vehicle seat comprising:

an airbag module;
a seat back frame;
and
a seat back pad comprising a bolster;
the bolster comprising an inboard portion and an outboard portion;
an accommodation space located inside the bolster for accommodating the airbag module therein;
and
a guide part disposed on an inner side of the inboard portion and made of a material that is more rigid than a material of the inboard portion of the bolster,
wherein the guide part comprises a contact portion that contacts the airbag module and a non-contact portion that does not contact the airbag module,
wherein the non-contact portion extends from the contact portion to form a gap between the airbag module and the non-contact portion of the guide part as part of the accommodation space such that the gap increases along at least part of an extension of the non-contact portion from the contact portion.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/652,601Filed 18 Jul 2017
Priority: KR 10-2016-009065918 Jul 2016
Published: US 2018/0015899 A118 Jan 2018
Granted: 25 Jun 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

B60R 21/207
Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components: in…
B60N 2/64
Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles: back-rests or cushions
B60N 2/7017
Upholstery springs ; Upholstery: characterised by the manufacturing process; manufacturing upholstery or upholstery springs not otherwise provided for
B60R 21/2165
Characterised by the covers for the inflatable member: characterised by a tear line for defining a deployment opening