Automobile seat
US6206466A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 9, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2021/161
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automobile seat is provided with a side impact air bag accommodated within a seat back. To permit prompt burst-out of the side impact air bag precisely at a predetermined position in a predetermined direction without the need for the arrangement of a member different in nature from a surface of the seat back on the surface of the seat back, an air bag module is arranged within a cushion pad of the seat back. Further, the cushion pad is provided, on a surface of a surrounding portion thereof with which the air bag is brought into contact upon spreading, with a guide member which increases breaking strength of the cushion pad and specifies the cushion pad to be broken at a break portion under inflating force of the air bag.
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