Seat structure having a side impact air bag apparatus
First Claim
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.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A seat structure having an side impact air bag apparatus which can reduce costs, and can be assembled with improved workability. The air bag apparatus, which extends in the longitudinal direction of a seat back, is disposed in a side portion provided on the outer side of the seat back in the widthwise direction of the vehicle. An air bag of the air bag apparatus is folded and the folded air bag is integrated with a seat back pad during a foaming process, and is fixed to a seat back frame together with other structural components of the air bag apparatus. When the seat back pad is made by foaming, the air bag in the folded state is placed within a molding die, and a foaming material is foamed to obtain the seat back pad integrated with the air bag.
-
Citations
13 Claims
-
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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
-
-
11. 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 state and upon occurrence of a side crash expands instantaneously due to inflated gas; and means for connecting the side impact air bag to the seat back frame, wherein the side impact air bag is disposed such that an outermost face of the folded air bag is exposed at and flush with a seat back side portion surface facing a door.
-
-
12. A seat structure for a vehicle comprising:
-
a seat back pad; a seat back frame; and a side impact air bag integrated within said seat back pad and fixed to said seat back frame, wherein the seat back pad only partially surrounds the seat back frame such that a recess is formed in said seat back pad for accommodating said seat back frame, said recess facilitating fixing of said side impact air bag integrated within said seat back pad onto said seat back frame. - View Dependent Claims (13)
-
Specification