Vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9821695-B2
Application number	US-201615205545-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2016
Priority date	Jul 13, 2015
Publication date	Nov 21, 2017
Grant date	Nov 21, 2017

Abstract

A vehicle seat includes: a seat shell; a seat pad disposed on a support surface of the seat shell, the support surface being configured to support a seated occupant; an airbag device held at an outer side of a side portion of the seat shell in its width direction, the airbag device being configured to be deployable on the side of the seated occupant; and a seat cover held taut on the outside of the seat pad. The seat cover covers an outer peripheral surface of the seat pad and an outer peripheral surface of the airbag device. The seat cover comes around behind a rear surface of the seat shell and the seat cover is engaged with the rear surface of the seat shell. The rear surface is on the opposite side of the seat shell from the support surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a seat shell having a shell structure including a back support portion that is configured to support a back of a seated occupant and side support portions that are configured to support lateral sides of the seated occupant, the seat shell comprising at least a part of a framework of a seat body;
a seat pad disposed on the back support portion of the seat shell;
an airbag device held at an outer side of one of the side support portions in a width direction of the seat shell airbag device being configured to be deployable on a side of the seated occupant; and
a seat cover held taut on an outside of the seat pad, wherein
the seat cover covers an outer peripheral surface of the seat pad and an outer peripheral surface of the airbag device, and
the seat cover comes around behind a rear surface of the seat shell and the seat cover is engaged with the rear surface of the seat shell, the rear surface being on an opposite side of the seat shell from the back support portion.

2. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat cover includes a first engagement member engaged with an outer peripheral edge of the seat shell, and a second engagement member engaged with a rear surface-side portion of the seat shell, and
the seat cover is held taut along the outer peripheral surface of the airbag device by the first engagement member and the second engagement member.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of the airbag device comprises an outer surface of a side portion of the seat body in a width direction of the seat body.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat cover includes a backrest covering portion configured to cover a backrest surface of a seatback, and a front covering portion configured to cover a front surface of the airbag device, and
both the backrest covering portion and the front covering portion are secured to the seat shell at the same position.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein
the backrest covering portion and the front covering portion are coupled to each other, and
a coupled portion where the backrest covering portion and the front covering portion are coupled to each other is secured to the seat shell.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein
the seat pad is held directly in contact with the back support portion.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 4 , wherein
a first end of the front covering portion is in contact with and engaged to the one side support portion and a second end of the front covering portion is in contact with the airbag device.

Assignees

• Toyota Boshoku Kk

Inventors

• Tarumi Akira

Classifications

• B60R2021/0006

  Lateral collision · CPC title

• B60N2/58

  Seat coverings · CPC title

• B60N2/5841 Primary

  by clamping means · CPC title

• B60N2002/5808

  comprising opening zones for airbags · CPC title

• B60N2/68 Primary

  Seat frames · CPC title