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Automotive seat with side air bag device

US6074003A · kind A · utility

33Cited by
6References
10Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 26, 1998
Grant dateJun 13, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/0006
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To break the trim cover effectively and positively for instantaneous emerging of the inflated and expanded air bag from inside the seat, less-elongation stay cloths are provided on the inner surface of the trim cover and in a region over both the front side and lateral trim cover portions where the air bag is to be inflated and expanded, the stay cloths being sewn at one end thereof to the seam line of the trim cover and secured at the other end thereof to the seat back frame, and at least one of the stay cloths is wide enough to be sewn at one side thereof to the entire length of the seam line along which the trim cover is to be broken.

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