Motor vehicle seat, motor vehicle, and airbag module
First Claim
1. A motor vehicle seat comprising:
- a seat pan extending between seat side frame portions and supporting a cushion thereon;
an airbag housing portion of the seat pan for storing an airbag and having a generally rectangular housing opening through which the airbag is deployed for lifting the seat cushion;
a peripheral ledge extending about the rectangular housing opening of the housing portion so that the ledge includes four sides thereof; and
an airbag cover disposed over the housing opening and seated flush on all four sides of the peripheral ledge.
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Abstract
A technology is provided effective for suppressing a load received by an airbag housed in a motor vehicle seat with an airbag module having a construction in which the airbag is developed and expanded from a down side to an upside of a seat cushion against movement of a motor vehicle occupant toward a front side of a motor vehicle, which is in a condition seated in the motor vehicle seat when in occurrence of an accident. In one form, the motor vehicle seat according to the present invention is constructed to house an airbag module in a housing portion provided in a seat pan, and to be provided with an airbag cover that intercepts a housing opening of the housing portion and that covers a housing opening side of the airbag. The airbag cover is joined to a joining surface of the seat pan in a surface contact manner.
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17 Claims
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1. A motor vehicle seat comprising:
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a seat pan extending between seat side frame portions and supporting a cushion thereon; an airbag housing portion of the seat pan for storing an airbag and having a generally rectangular housing opening through which the airbag is deployed for lifting the seat cushion; a peripheral ledge extending about the rectangular housing opening of the housing portion so that the ledge includes four sides thereof; and an airbag cover disposed over the housing opening and seated flush on all four sides of the peripheral ledge. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A motor vehicle seat comprising:
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a seat pan extending between seat side frame portions and supporting a cushion thereon; an airbag housing portion of the seat pan for storing an airbag and having a housing opening through which the airbag is deployed for lifting the seat cushion; a peripheral ledge extending about the housing opening of the housing portion; and an airbag cover disposed over the housing opening and seated flush on the peripheral ledge, wherein the peripheral ledge includes an aperture therethrough for receiving a positioning member depending from the cover.
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9. An airbag apparatus for a vehicle seat pan having a seat cushion disposed thereon, the airbag apparatus comprising:
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an airbag housing portion having walls extending about a housing opening; an airbag disposed in the airbag housing portion arranged to deploy against and raise the vehicle seat cushion upon inflation; a peripheral ledge extending about the housing opening of the housing portion; opposite forward and rearward portions of the ledge; an airbag cover disposed over the housing opening and seated flush on the peripheral ledge; and opposite forward and rearward portions of the airbag cover that seat flush on the corresponding ledge forward and rearward portions with the airbag cover being sized so that the cover forward portion extends forwardly beyond the ledge forward portion. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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16. An airbag apparatus for a vehicle seat pan having a seat cushion disposed thereon, the airbag apparatus comprising:
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an airbag housing portion having walls extending about a housing opening; an airbag disposed in the airbag housing portion arranged to deploy against and raise the vehicle seat cushion upon inflation; a peripheral ledge extending about the housing opening of the housing portion; and an airbag cover disposed over the housing opening and seated flush on the peripheral ledge, wherein the peripheral ledge includes an aperture therethrough for receiving a positioning member depending from the cover.
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Specification