Vehicle seat part

US10000176B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ford Global Technologies, LLC · US

Inventors

• Uwe Buelow · Leverkusen, DE
• Eugen Riesen · Eitorf, DE
• Michael Goesch · Hilden, DE
• Felix Haenel · Hamm, DE
• Martina Boeddeker · Leverkusen, DE
• Chris Curtis · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 27, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2018
• Expiry date: Feb 27, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/23146
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat part has a cover with a tear seam and an airbag module with an airbag and a force concentrator. The force concentrator partially surrounds the airbag. The concentrator has two end regions connected to the cover adjacent to and on opposing sides of the tear seam. One of the end regions is connected to the cover at a plurality of connecting portions spaced apart from one another.