Vehicle seat provided with side airbag device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9296352-B2
Application number	US-201114234880-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2011
Priority date	Jul 28, 2011
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

A seat back board made from resin is fitted to side frames of a seatback frame from a seat rear side. A seat width direction outer side portion of the seat back board is integrally formed with a case portion that houses a side airbag device that is fixed to an outside face of the side frame. The presence of a side wall portion of the case portion suppresses a side airbag from expanding towards the seatback outside in a ball shape during initial inflation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat provided with a side airbag device, comprising:
a seatback frame that is provided with a pair of left and right side frames and that configures a seatback framework member;
a side airbag device that is installed at a seat width direction outer side of one of the side frames disposed facing a vehicle body side portion, and that inflates and deploys a side airbag towards a seat front side in the event of a side-on collision;
a seat back board made from resin, that is disposed at a seatback back face side and that is fixed to the pair of left and right side frames;
a seatback pad that is disposed at a front face side of the seat back board, with a seat width direction outer side portion of the seatback pad disposed at a seat width direction outer side of the side airbag device; and
an upright wall portion that is integral to, or is integrally provided to, a seat width direction outer side portion of the seat back board, and that extends in a seat front-rear direction and a seat up-down direction along a seat width direction outer side face of the side airbag that is in a folded state inside a side portion of the seatback pad, the upright wall portion restricting expansion of the side airbag towards a seat width direction outer side; and wherein
the upright wall portion is integrally formed to the seat back board, and doubles as an airbag case that at least houses the side airbag in a folded state, and
a bottom wall portion that is integrally formed to the seat back board and that extends in a direction intersecting with the upright wall portion is connected to a lower end portion of the upright wall portion.

2. The vehicle seat provided with a side airbag device of claim 1 , wherein:
the side airbag device is fixed at a seat width direction outer side of the side frame; and
the seat back board is assembled from a seatback frame rear side so as to cover the side airbag device from the seatback frame rear side, and is fixed to the pair of left and right side frames.

3. The vehicle seat provided with a side airbag device of claim 1 , wherein:
the seat back board is fitted together with the seatback frame from a seat front side and fixed to the pair of left and right side frames, and a case portion configured with a U-shape open towards a seat front side in plan view cross-section is provided at a seat width direction outer side end portion of the seat back board; and
the side airbag device is fixed to a rear wall portion of the case.

4. The vehicle seat provided with a side airbag device of claim 1 , wherein:
the side airbag device is configured including an inflator that is formed with a circular cylinder shape and that is provided with a gas ejection portion at a lower end portion thereof, the gas ejection portion supplying gas into the side airbag that is in a folded state; and
the side airbag device is installed in a range from a height direction intermediate portion to a lower end portion of a seat width direction outer side portion of a seatback.

5. The vehicle seat provided with a side airbag device of claim 1 , wherein:
an inside of the side airbag is provided with a partitioning wall, thereby partitioning the side airbag into a lower chamber that is disposed facing a gas ejection portion along the seat front-rear direction and that is configured to restrain a waist of a seated occupant, and an upper chamber that is configured to restrain a chest of the seated occupant.

Assignees

• Fujiwara Yusuke
• Fukawatase Osamu
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Fujiwara Yusuke
• Fukawatase Osamu

Classifications

• B60R21/233

  comprising a plurality of individual compartments; comprising two or more bag-like members, one within the other (B60R21/232 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2/7011

  of substantially two-dimensional shape, e.g. hammock-like, plastic shells, fabrics · CPC title

• B60R21/2171

  specially adapted for elongated cylindrical or bottle-like inflators with a symmetry axis perpendicular to the main direction of bag deployment, e.g. extruded reaction canisters (B60R21/2176 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B60N2002/5808

  comprising opening zones for airbags · CPC title

• B60N2/7094

  Upholstery springs · CPC title