Seat arrangement with side airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsHans-Georg Kochem, Christoph Beckmann
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Abstract
A seat arrangement for a vehicle includes a side airbag. The seat arrangement includes a support frame to which the side airbag is fixed in position and which is upholstered by an upholstery member. A cover terminates the seat arrangement toward an outer side. A tear seam is provided for an abrupt opening of the cover by the side airbag. A non-expandable surface structure is provided at both sides of the tear seam, which is counter-supported on the seat arrangement. At least one of the non-expandable surface structures is counter-supported on the upholstery member
Claims19
A seat arrangement for a vehicle comprising:
- a side airbag;
- a seat arrangement having a support frame to which the side airbag is fixed in position and which is upholstered by an upholstery member;
- a cover that terminates the seat arrangement toward an outer side;
- a tear seam for an abrupt opening of the cover by the side airbag;
- a non-expandable surface structure at both sides of the tear seam, which is counter-supported on the seat arrangement;
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- at least one of the non-expandable surface structures being counter-supported on the upholstery member.
A seat arrangement for a vehicle comprising:
- a support frame with a side airbag fixed thereto;
- an upholstery member upholstered over the side airbag;
- a cover having a tear seam;
- a non-expandable surface structure at both sides of the tear seam;
- and
- a retention member having a wire structure that counter-supports at least one of the non-expandable surface structures.
A seat arrangement for a vehicle comprising:
- a side airbag operably coupled with a support frame to which the side airbag is fixed in position and which is upholstered by an upholstery member;
- a cover on the seat arrangement and having a tear seam;
- and
- a non-expandable surface structure at both sides of the tear seam, which is counter-supported on the seat arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.