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US 2017/0247010 A1Published application
Vehicle seat part
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsUwe Buelow, Eugen Riesen, Michael Goesch, Felix Haenel, Martina Boeddeker, Chris Curtis
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Abstract
A vehicle seat part has a cover with a tear seam and an airbag module with an airbag and a force concentrator. The force concentrator partially surrounds the airbag. The concentrator has two end regions connected to the cover adjacent to and on opposing sides of the tear seam. One of the end regions is connected to the cover at a plurality of connecting portions spaced apart from one another.
Claims20
A vehicle seat part comprising:
- a cover having a tear seam;
- an airbag module having:
- an airbag;
- and
- a force concentrator at least partially surrounding the airbag and having two end regions connected to the cover on opposing sides of the tear seam and the end regions allowing deflection of an expansion force of the airbag against the tear seam and one of the end regions being connected to the cover at a plurality of connecting portions with the connecting portions spaced apart from one another along the tear seam.
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A vehicle seat part comprising:
- a cover having a tear seam;
- an airbag module having:
- an airbag;
- and
- a force concentrator partially surrounding the airbag with two end regions connected to the cover adjacent to and on opposing sides of the tear seam and one of the end regions being connected to the cover at a plurality of connecting portions with the connecting portions spaced apart from one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.