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US 12,606,115 B2Granted
Vehicle seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorTsuyoshi Sato
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a frame; a pad disposed on the frame; a skin covering the pad; an airbag device attached to the frame, and including an airbag and an inflator; a guide member that is provided on an inner surface side of the skin at a position corresponding to the airbag device, and that guides a deployment of the airbag; and an engagement member that pulls the skin in the pad. A length in an up to down direction from a first upper end to a first lower end of the engagement member is longer than a length in the up to down direction from a first upper end portion to a first lower end portion of a first end portion of the guide member.
Claims8
A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a frame;
- a pad disposed on the frame;
- a skin covering the pad;
- an airbag device attached to the frame, and including an airbag and an inflator;
- a guide member that is provided on an inner surface side of the skin at a position corresponding to the airbag device, and that guides a deployment of the airbag;
- and
- an engagement member that pulls the skin in the pad,
- wherein the skin includes a center portion covering a central portion of the pad in a seat width direction, a first side portion joined to an end portion of the center portion in the seat width direction, a second side portion joined to an outer end portion of the first side portion in the seat width direction, a first joint portion at which the center portion and the first side portion are joined to each other, and a second joint portion at which the first side portion and the second side portion are joined to each other,
- the first joint portion is engaged with the engagement member, and is pulled in the pad,
- a break portion that breaks when the airbag is deployed is formed at the second joint portion,
- a first end portion that is an end portion on an outer side of the guide member in the seat width direction is joined to the first side portion at the break portion,
- a second end portion that is an end portion on an inner side of the guide member in the seat width direction is joined to the first side portion at the first joint portion, and
- a length in an up to down direction from a first upper end to a first lower end of the engagement member is longer than a length in the up to down direction from a first upper end portion to a first lower end portion of the first end portion of the guide member.
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A method of manufacturing a vehicle seat, comprising:
- preparing a frame;
- attaching an airbag device to the frame, the airbag device including an airbag and an inflator;
- disposing a pad on the frame;
- preparing a skin, on an inner surface of which a guide member for guiding a deployment of the airbag is provided;
- disposing the guide member at a position corresponding to the airbag device, and covering the pad with the skin;
- and
- pulling the skin in the pad via an engagement member,
- wherein the skin includes a center portion covering a central portion of the pad in a seat width direction, a first side portion joined to an end portion of the center portion in the seat width direction, a second side portion joined to an outer end portion of the first side portion in the seat width direction, a first joint portion at which the center portion and the first side portion are joined to each other, and a second joint portion at which the first side portion and the second side portion are joined to each other,
- the first joint portion is engaged with the engagement member, and is pulled in the pad,
- a break portion that breaks when the airbag is deployed is formed at the second joint portion,
- a first end portion that is an end portion on an outer side of the guide member in the seat width direction is joined to the first side portion at the break portion,
- a second end portion that is an end portion on an inner side of the guide member in the seat width direction is joined to the first side portion at the first joint portion, and
- the pulling the skin in the pad via the engagement member includes engaging and pulling the first joint portion of the skin in the engagement member having a length in an up to down direction from a first upper end to a first lower end of the engagement member longer than a length in the up to down direction from a first upper end portion to a first lower end portion of the first end portion of the guide member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.