Vehicle seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorsJinichi Tanabe, Katsuya Isomura, Sosaku Omori, Keita Wakesu, Kenji Matsuoka, Yuta Sugaya
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a seatback frame including a pair of side members extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension extending in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance being defined between the airbag module and the extension.
Claims14
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a seatback frame including a pair of side members extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback;
- a mounting member connected to one of the side members;
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- an airbag module connected to the side member via the mounting member,
- wherein the mounting member includes a first mounting member directly connected to the one of side members, whereby a closed cross-sectional structure is formed, and a second mounting member directly connected to the airbag module.
A manufacturing method of a vehicle seat comprising
- preparing a seatback frame including a pair of side members extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback,
- connecting a first mounting member directly to one of the side members so as to form a closed cross-sectional structure, and
- fastening a second mounting member, which is directly connected to an airbag module, to the first mounting member via a fastener.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.