Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11505152-B2
Application number	US-202017016983-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 10, 2020
Priority date	Sep 13, 2019
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

In a vehicle seat, a back pad outer skin covering a surface of a back pad includes a first portion covering a surface of one part, including a side face, of a bolster pad part, and second portions covering a surface of another part that is different from the one part of the bolster pad part. A bound part is formed by binding to each other mutually adjacent end parts of the first portion and the second portions and extremity parts of expansive force transmission webbings having base portions fixed to a frame, the bound part being capable of breaking when an airbag is made to expand. A non-stretchable cloth member is disposed on a reverse side of specific outer skin portions, covering a front face of the bolster pad part, of the second portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising a seat back that includes a back pad supported on a frame and supporting a back of an occupant, the back pad having a middle pad part and left and right bolster pad parts connected to left and right sides of the middle pad part, and a back pad outer skin covering a surface of the back pad, the back pad outer skin having a cover skin detachably mounted on the seat back, and the bolster pad part on a door side having thereinside an airbag module including an airbag,
the back pad outer skin having a first portion covering a surface of one part, including a side face, of the bolster pad part, and a second portion covering a surface of another part that is different from the one part of the bolster pad part,
a bound part being formed by binding to each other mutually adjacent end parts of the first portion and the second portion and an extremity part of an expansive force transmission webbing having a base portion fixed to the frame, the bound part being capable of breaking when the airbag is made to expand, and
a non-stretchable cloth member being disposed on a reverse side of a specific outer skin portion, covering a front face of the bolster pad part, of the second portion.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the back pad outer skin includes a base skin retained by the frame or the back pad, and a cover skin that is detachable from the base skin, and
the base skin includes on left and right a first base skin portion forming the first portion and a second base skin portion forming the second portion.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein
the cloth member includes a base portion fixed to the frame or the back pad and an extremity portion bound together with the second base skin portion and an extremity portion of the expansive force transmission webbing by the bound part, and
an intermediate part of the cloth member is disposed so as to transect a front face of the bolster pad part and overlap a reverse face of the specific outer skin portion.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein
the second base skin portion at least partially includes a specific portion covering a front face of the bolster pad part, and
the specific portion and a portion, overlapping the specific portion, of the cover skin form the specific outer skin portion.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein a portion, directly covering a front face of the bolster pad part without the second base skin portion interposed therebetween, of the cover skin forms the specific outer skin portion.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover skin is attached to the first portion by a fastener, and
a mounting piece portion, extending on the first portion side, of the fastener is bound together with the extremity portion of the expansive force transmission webbing, by the bound part.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the back pad outer skin includes a base skin forming the first portion and a cover skin forming the second portion,
the cover skin is attached to the first portion by a fastener, and
a mounting piece portion, extending on the first portion side, of the fastener is bound together with the extremity portion of the expansive force transmission webbing by the bound part.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein
the cloth member includes a base portion fixed to the frame or the back pad and an extremity portion bound together with the mounting piece portion and the extremity portion of the expansive force transmission webbing by the bound part, and
an intermediate part of the cloth member is disposed so as to transect a front face of the bolster pad part and overlap a reverse face of the specific outer skin portion.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein at least the specific outer skin portion of the back pad outer skin is formed from a material that is easier to stretch than the cloth member to such a degree that the material stretches in a vehicle width direction by receiving an expansive force of the airbag.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the expansive force transmission webbing is formed so as to have a vertical width that is substantially same as or larger than a vertical width of the airbag module from the base portion to the extremity portion of the expansive force transmission webbing.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the cloth member is formed from a stretch-suppressing webbing.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , wherein at least an extremity portion of the stretch-suppressing webbing is formed so as to have a smaller width than that of the expansive force transmission webbing in an up-down direction.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , wherein the stretch-suppressing webbing is formed into a strip shape having a smaller width than that of the expansive force transmission webbing in the up-down direction.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 12 , wherein
the airbag module includes at least the airbag in a folded state and an inflator capable of blowing out a high pressure gas into the airbag and making the airbag expand toward a front side of a vehicle, and
the extremity portion, bound by the bound part, of the stretch-suppressing webbing is disposed at substantially same height as that of a high pressure gas-blowing out hole, opening toward the front side of the vehicle, of the inflator.

15. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the cloth member is formed so as to have a vertical width that is same as or greater than the vertical width of the expansive force transmission webbing in an up-down direction.

16. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the bound part is disposed on a border part between a front face and a side face of the bolster pad part or in a vicinity of the border part.

17. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
a pulling-in member for pulling in the specific outer skin portion into a pulling-in groove provided between the bolster pad part and the middle pad part is mounted directly or indirectly on the frame or the back pad, and
a base portion of the cloth member is fixed to the pulling-in member.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd
• Honda Motor Co Ltd
• Tachi S Co
• Tachi—S Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tanabe Jinichi
• Mochizuki Tetsumei
• Nishikawa Soichi
• Futakawame Tomoyo
• Noguchi Kazuo
• Kurobe Ryou

Classifications

• B60R21/26

  characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow {(arrangement or mounting thereof to the vehicle B60R21/20; blasting cartridges for producing gas under pressure in general F42B3/04; initiators or igniters therefor F42B3/10)} · CPC title

• B60N2002/5808

  comprising opening zones for airbags · CPC title

• B60R21/207 Primary

  in vehicle seats · CPC title

• B60R21/2342

  Tear seams · CPC title

• B60R21/23138

  specially adapted for side protection (B60R21/23184, B60R21/232 take precedence) · CPC title