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US 2020/0346569 A1Published application
Vehicle seat
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsZhibing Deng, Jesus Alfonso Alarcon Hernandez, Eric D. Veggian
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Abstract
A vehicle seat includes a frame member including an outer wall and an inner wall, the outer wall and the inner wall defining a cavity therebetween and a side airbag supported by the frame member in the cavity, wherein the outer wall extends along an outboard angle relative to a seat-forward direction and the side airbag is inflatable to an inflated position extending along the outboard angle.
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A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a frame member including an outer wall and an inner wall, the outer wall and the inner wall defining a cavity therebetween, the outer wall spaced from the inner wall in a cross-seat direction perpendicular to a seat-forward direction;
- a seatbelt retractor fixed to the frame member;
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- a side airbag supported by the frame member in the cavity, the side airbag being disposed beneath the seatbelt retractor;
- wherein the outer wall extends along an outboard angle relative to the seat-forward direction and the side airbag is inflatable to an inflated position extending along the outboard angle.
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A vehicle seat frame, comprising:
- a first frame member including an outer wall and an inner wall defining a cavity therebetween, the outer wall spaced from the inner wall in a cross-seat direction perpendicular to a seat-forward direction;
- a second frame member transverse to the first frame member and elongated generally in a plane;
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- an airbag module supported by the first frame member in the cavity;
- wherein the outer wall defines an outboard angle relative to an axis normal to the plane of the second frame member and the airbag module includes an airbag inflatable to an inflated position along the outboard angle.
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A vehicle seat, comprising:
- a frame member including an outer wall and an inner wall, the outer wall and the inner wall defining a cavity therebetween;
- a seatbelt retractor fixed to the frame member, the seatbelt retractor disposed between the outer wall and the inner wall;
- and
- a side airbag supported by the frame member in the cavity, the side airbag being disposed beneath the seatbelt retractor;
- wherein the outer wall extends along an outboard angle relative to a seat-forward direction and the side airbag is inflatable to an inflated position extending along the outboard angle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.