Mounting member and airbag module-equipped seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10569682-B2
Application number	US-201715680596-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2017
Priority date	Nov 29, 2011
Publication date	Feb 25, 2020
Grant date	Feb 25, 2020

Abstract

An easy-to-attach clip member that makes the surroundings of a stay cloth mounting portion compact while maintaining high airbag deployment performance, and an airbag module-equipped seat with the clip member are provided. A clip member is connected to a cloth-form body that transmits a tensile force. The clip member includes a connecting portion connected to one end of the cloth-form body, and a groove engaged with an edge portion of a mounted portion. The clip member is provided to reduce a torque generated at the connecting portion by the tensile force transmitted from the cloth-form body when engaged with the edge portion of the mounted portion, and connects the cloth-form body to the mounted portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mounting member, comprising:
a seat frame engagement groove configured to engage with an edge portion of a seat frame of an airbag module-equipped seat, and
a lock member engagement groove configured to engage with a lock member that is attached to one end of a guide member, an other end of the guide member being attached to a tearing portion of a trim cover of the airbag module-equipped seat;

wherein:
the seat frame engagement groove comprises a first opening,
the lock member engagement groove comprises a second opening,
the first opening and the second opening are open toward opposite sides relative to each other, and
the seat frame engagement groove in a cross-section extends in a same direction as an extending direction of at least a part of the guide member that extends from the lock member to the tearing portion of the trim cover.

2. The mounting member according to claim 1 , wherein:
the lock member engagement groove comprises an open end and a closed end that is arranged opposite to the open end, and
the open end is disposed at an outer side of the closed end in a seat width direction.

3. The mounting member according to claim 1 , wherein the lock member engagement groove is disposed between an outer end and an inner end of a side frame of the seat frame in a seat width direction.

4. The mounting member according to claim 1 , further comprising an outer surface that extends from the lock member engagement groove to a side to which the guide member extends and that is bent at an obtuse angle.

5. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 1 , wherein:
the seat frame comprises a forward edge portion and a rear edge portion, and
the one end of the guide member is disposed at an outer side of a line segment connecting an inner end of the forward edge portion and an inner end of the rear edge portion in a seat width direction.

6. An airbag module-equipped seat, comprising:
a seat frame,
an airbag module housing an airbag and mounted to the seat frame,
a trim cover having a tearing portion,
a guide member configured to transmit stress caused by inflation of the airbag to the tearing portion of the trim cover, and
a mounting member comprising:
a seat frame engagement groove configured to engage with an edge portion of the seat frame, and
a lock member engagement groove configured to engage with a lock member that is attached to one end of the guide member, an other end of the guide member being attached to the tearing portion of the trim cover,

wherein:
the edge portion of the seat frame is provided at an end portion of the seat frame in a seat front-to-rear direction and comprises a flange, and
the seat frame engagement groove sandwiches the flange of the edge portion to engage with the seat frame.

7. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 6 , wherein:
the airbag module is connected to the seat frame by a bolt at a module connection portion of the seat frame, and
the one end of the guide member is disposed at an inner side of the module connection portion in a seat width direction.

8. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 6 , wherein:
the seat frame comprises a forward edge portion and a rear edge portion, and
the one end of the guide member is disposed at an outer side of a line segment connecting an inner end of the forward edge portion and an inner end of the rear edge portion in a seat width direction.

9. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 6 , wherein the guide member extends from an outer side of the seat frame to the lock member engagement grooves to wrap around a part of the mounting member, and is attached to the lock member engagement groove at the one end of the guide member.

10. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 6 , wherein:
the seat frame comprises a side frame, and
the mounting member is attached to the side frame to cover an inner surface and an outer surface of an edge portion of the side frame.

11. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 6 , wherein:
the lock member engagement groove comprises an open end and a closed end that is arranged opposite to the open end, and
the open end is disposed at an outer side of the closed end in a seat width direction.

12. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 6 , wherein:
the seat frame engagement groove comprises a first opening,
the lock member engagement groove comprises a second opening,
the first opening and the second opening are open toward opposite sides relative to each other, and
the seat frame engagement groove in a cross-section extends in a same direction as an extending direction of at least a part of the guide member that extends from the lock member to the tearing portion of the trim cover.

13. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 6 , wherein the lock member engagement groove is disposed between an outer end and an inner end of a side frame of the seat frame in a seat width direction.

14. The mounting member according to claim 6 , further comprising an outer surface that extends from the lock member engagement groove to a side to which the guide member extends and that is bent at an obtuse angle.

15. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 1 , wherein the seat frame is provided with a flange at the edge portion of the seat frame configured to engage with the mounting member.

16. A method of assembling the airbag module-equipped seat of claim 6 , the method comprising:
attaching the lock member to one end of the guide member; and
engaging the mounting member with the edge portion of the seat frame.

17. The method of claim 6 , wherein the lock member engagement groove is disposed between an outer end and an inner end of a side frame of the seat frame in a seat width direction.

18. The airbag module-equipped seat according to claim 6 , wherein the guide member extends from an outer side of the seat frame to the lock member engagement grooves to wrap around a part of the mounting member, and is attached to the lock member engagement groove at the one end of the guide member.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanabe Jinichi
• Izawa Hiroshi
• Baba Hiroshi

Classifications

• F16B2/22

  of resilient material, e.g. rubbery material {(F16B2/205 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B60R2021/2076

  Removable covers with tear seams · CPC title

• B60N2/72 Primary

  Attachment or adjustment thereof · CPC title

• B60N2/5841

  by clamping means · CPC title

• F16B5/0692

  joining flexible sheets to other sheets or plates or to strips or bars (tent fastenings E04H15/64; coping elements for swimming pools with fixing means for sealing foil E04H4/142; greenhouses of flexible synthetic material A01G9/1407; end or aperture-closing arrangements or devices for sacks or bags B65D33/16) · CPC title