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 support frame to which the side airbag is fixed in position, wherein the side airbag is upholstered by an upholstery member including a plurality of upholstery portions;
- 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, wherein the tear seam is surrounded on a first side, a second side, and a third side by a first non-expandable surface structure, and wherein a second non-expandable surface structure is positioned between the first non-expandable surface structure and the first side of the tear seam, and wherein the first side is defined b the upholstery member and the third side is defined by the cover;
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- at least one of the first and second 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 tear seam for abrupt opening of a cover by the side airbag, wherein the tear seam is surrounded on a first, second, and third side b a first non-expandable surface structure, and wherein a second non-expandable surface structure is positioned between the first non-expandable surface structure and the first side of the tear seam;
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- 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 support to which a side airbag is fixedly coupled, wherein the side airbag is upholstered by an upholstery member;
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- a tear seam for abrupt opening of a cover by the side airbag, wherein the tear seam is surrounded on a first, second, and third side by a first non-expandable surface structure, and wherein a second non-expandable surface structure is positioned between the first non-expandable surface structure and the first side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.