Vehicle seat assembly with seat pad protection member

US8672352B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Lear Corporation · US

Inventors

• Michael L. Tracht · Ingolstadt, DE
• Peter Festag · Erding, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 5, 2010
• Grant date: Mar 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/21531
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A vehicle seat assembly may include an air bag module having an inflatable air bag, a housing that receives the air bag, and a flexible member disposed in the housing and having an end. The seat assembly may further include a seat pad disposed outside the housing. Upon inflation of the air bag, the end of the flexible member is configured to extend outside the housing such that the end extends between a portion of the seat pad and the air bag.