Detachable seat airbag cover
AssigneeVolvo Car Corporation
InventorsJohannes Lindholm, Jonathan Viktorsson
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Abstract
Various systems and methods are presented regarding implementing a detachable cover over an airbag located in a seat, wherein the airbag is deployed during impact testing to determine operation of the airbag when deployed/installed in a vehicle. The detachable cover can be attached/detached from the seat by a zipper(s), button(s), and any other suitable attachment means. The detachable cover further includes a connection means configured to connect respective portions/segments of the detachable cover, and further, the connection means is configured to fail/rupture during deployment of the airbag.
Claims20
A detachable cover, comprising:
- a first segment and a second segment, wherein the first segment and the second segment are attached by a connection means;
- the first segment comprising a first material having at least two edges, wherein a first edge of the first segment is located opposite to a second edge of the first segment, and the first edge of the first segment has a first portion of a first attachment means attached to thereto;
- the second segment comprising a second material having at least two edges, wherein a first edge of the second segment is located opposite to a second edge of the second segment, and the first edge of the second segment has a first portion of a second attachment means attached to thereto;
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- wherein the second edge of the first segment is located adjacent to the second edge of the second segment, and the connection means attaches the second edge of the first segment to the second edge of the second segment.
A method, comprising:
- fabricating a first segment of a detachable cover, wherein a first edge of the first segment is attached to a first attachment means;
- fabricating a second segment of the detachable cover, wherein a first edge of the second segment is attached to second attachment means;
- attaching a second edge of the first segment to a second edge of the second segment, wherein a connection means is utilized to attach the second edge of the first segment to the second edge of the second segment;
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- attaching the detachable cover to a seat, wherein the seat has an airbag incorporated therein, and wherein:
- attachment is via the first portion of the first attachment means connects with a second portion of the first attachment means, the second portion of the first attachment means is fixed to the seat;
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- attachment is further via the first portion of the second attachment means connects with a second portion of the second attachment means, the second portion of the second attachment means is fixed to the seat.
A system, comprising:
- a seat having an opening incorporated into an exterior surface of the seat and an airbag incorporated into the seat, wherein the opening facilitates deployment of the airbag from within the seat;
- a first attachment means located on the exterior surface on a first side of the opening and a second attachment means located the exterior surface on a second side of the opening;
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- a detachable cover located over the opening and further comprising a third attachment means attached to the first attachment means, and a fourth attachment means attached to the second attachment means, wherein the detachable cover includes a tear seam configured to rupture during deployment of the airbag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.