Vehicle Seat
AssigneeTs Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorHideki Usami
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Abstract
To reduce an amount of rear protrusion of a vehicle seat equipped with an airbag module configured to deploy rearward, in a vehicle seat (1) provided with a seat cushion (3) and a seat back (4), the seat back includes: a seat back frame (7) including a pair of left and right side frames (11) extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame (12) connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other; an airbag module (43) supported by an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket (31); and a skin member (9) covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion (80) configured to open upon inflation of an airbag (45).
Claims20
A vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back,
- wherein the seat back comprises:
- a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other;
- an airbag module supported to an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket;
- and
- a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof,
- and wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.