Safety arrangement in a vehicle seat
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1. A safety device in combination with a vehicle seat having a seat frame on which a seat cushion is attached, the safety device comprising:
- an airbag unit with a gas generator;
a gas bag disposed below the seat cushion and on the seat frame, the gas bag in a nonactivated state rests flat on the seat frame; and
a support plate covering at least one part of the gas bag in the non-activated state relative to the seat cushion, the support plate biased toward the gas bag.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a safety device in a vehicle seat with a seat frame on which a seat cushion is fitted, and with an airbag unit with a gas generator and an airbag, which airbag unit is arranged on the seat frame below the seat cushion. It is the object of the invention to provide a safety device which effectively avoids the seat user slipping forwards in the event of an accident and at the same time is simple to produce and fit. The object is achieved in that the airbag when not activated rests in an unfolded and flat manner on the seat frame.
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14 Claims
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1. A safety device in combination with a vehicle seat having a seat frame on which a seat cushion is attached, the safety device comprising:
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an airbag unit with a gas generator; a gas bag disposed below the seat cushion and on the seat frame, the gas bag in a nonactivated state rests flat on the seat frame; and a support plate covering at least one part of the gas bag in the non-activated state relative to the seat cushion, the support plate biased toward the gas bag.
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2. A safety device in combination with a vehicle seat having a seat frame on which a seat cushion is attached, the safety device comprising:
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an inflatable gas bag disposed below the seat cushion and on the seat frame, the gas bag in a nonactivated state rests flat on the seat frame, the gas bag including an inflatable region and a non-inflatable peripheral region, the peripheral region including at least one attachment portion; a gas generator in fluid communication with a cavity of the gas bag and operative to deliver inflation gas to the cavity for inflating the gas bag; and a plurality of attachment elements extending through openings in the attachment portion of the peripheral region of the gas bag and interconnecting the gas bag to the vehicle seat, the openings spaced from the cavity of the gas bag; wherein the at least one attachment portion is releasable from the vehicle seat when the gas bag is inflated;
wherein the attachment elements release the gas bag from the vehicle seat in resonse to inflation of the gas bag. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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