Vehicle seat having an anti-submarining device and method

US8297697B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Johnson Controls, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Bernd Gross · Langenfeld, DE
• Harald Mund · Solingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 25, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 4, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49963
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to vehicle seat comprising a seat part and to a restraint device and a corresponding method of manufacture. The vehicle seat comprises an anti-submarining restraint device for preventing an occupant from slipping through on the vehicle seat when decelerated due to a crash, said restraint device being settable to an extended inactive position and said restraint device being settable to an extended active position. The seat part, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, has a padding defining a seat area, and a padding support below said padding. The restraint device is arranged between the padding support and the padding and spaced apart from the lateral parts by means of a locking element (e.g. detent recesses (28) or the like) provided for locking the restraint device in the active position.