Vehicle seat with side airbag and side bolster adjustment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9586553-B2
Application number	US-201514949970-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 24, 2015
Priority date	Nov 27, 2014
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle seat is provided that has two side bolsters and a central seat part arranged between the latter. Further provided are adjusting devices for adjusting the side bolsters on the sides facing the central seat part. A side airbag is integrated into one side bolster of the side bolsters, on its side facing away from the central seat part. A non-elastic seat cover is provided for this side bolster. The seat cover has an airbag seam. The seat cover is elastically attached in the area of an end facing away from the side airbag.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat with two side bolsters and a central seat part arranged between the side bolsters, adjusting devices for adjusting the side bolsters on sides of the side bolsters facing the central seat part, a side airbag, which is integrated into one of the side bolsters on a side of the side bolster facing away from the central seat part, and a non-elastic seat cover for this side bolster, wherein the seat cover has an airbag seam, and the seat cover is elastically attached in an area of an end of the seat cover facing away from the side airbag in an area of the central seat part, wherein the side bolster and the elastic attachment comprise an elastic fabric, which is joined with the non-elastic seat cover and is further joined to a seat structure of the vehicle seat.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein a gap is formed between the central seat part and the side bolster in which the side airbag is integrated, and the seat cover is elastically attached in the area of the gap.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the elastic fabric joins with the non-elastic seat cover and is further mounted in the seat structure.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 3 , wherein the seat structure is joined with one of a holder and hook ring, to which the elastic fabric is attached.

5. The vehicle seat according to one of claim 1 , wherein the non-elastic seat cover has a first cover part and second cover part.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the first cover part is arranged on the exterior side of the side bolster facing the side airbag, and the second cover part is arranged on the side of the side bolster facing the central seat part and on a front side of the side bolster between the interior side and exterior side.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein the two cover parts are joined together.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein the first cover part has the airbag seam.

9. The vehicle seat according to claim 7 , wherein the airbag seam is formed by joining together the two cover parts.

10. The vehicle seat according to claim 5 , wherein facing areas of the two cover parts are not joined together, the first cover part being non-elastically attached to the seat structure and the second cover part being elastically attached to the seat structure in the facing area.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein a gap into which ends of the two cover parts are introduced is formed in the side bolster in the area of its front side.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 11 , the second cover part being elastically attached in the area of the gap.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 12 , wherein an elastic fabric joins with the non-elastic second cover part and is mounted in the seat structure.

14. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the central seat part and the two side bolsters comprise part of a backrest or a seat cushion of a vehicle seat.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Wiegelmann Joerg
• Fleckenstein Günter
• Nilius Juergen

Classifications

• B60N2/5858

  by elastic means · CPC title

• B60N2002/5808

  comprising opening zones for airbags · CPC title

• B60N2/58

  Seat coverings · CPC title

• B60R21/207 Primary

  in vehicle seats · CPC title

• B60N2/99

  adjustable · CPC title