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Seat structure having a side impact air bag apparatus

  • US 5,975,567 A
  • Filed: 08/12/1998
  • Issued: 11/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/11/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A seat structure having a side impact air bag apparatus integrated within a seat back pad and fixed to a seat back frame, the side impact air bag apparatus comprising:

  • a side impact air bag which is installed in the seat back pad in a folded and compressed state and upon occurrence of a side crash expands instantaneously due to inflated gas; and

    means for connecting the side impact air bag, after having been installed in the scat back pad, to the seat back frame,wherein the seat back pad is composed of a body of foamed material, the side impact air bag, when in the folded and compressed state, forms an integral unit with the seat back pad, and the body of foamed material only partially surrounds the seat back frame when the side impact air bag is connected to the seat hack frame, such that a recess is formed to facilitate fixing of the side impact air bag to the seat back frame after the side impact air bag has been installed in the seat back pad.

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