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Granted Patent B2
US 11,273,784 · App. 16/898,162 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Side support block for vehicle seat

Inventors: Shuhei Hashimoto (Tokyo, JP); Kenji Sato (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
B60R21/23138B60R21/207B60R2021/23146
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,273,784
App. No.
16/898,162
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A side support block for a vehicle seat configured to be disposed adjacent to a lateral side of a seat back of the vehicle seat includes an airbag module, a cushion pad having a recessed portion accommodating the airbag module on a rear surface of the seat back, a frame embedded in the cushion pad, and a bracket with which the airbag module is fixed to the frame. The bracket includes a fixing portion to be fixed to a vehicle body, and the fixing portion is disposed behind the airbag module.

Claims (10)

1. A side support block for a vehicle seat configured to be disposed adjacent to a lateral side of a seat back of the vehicle seat, the side support block comprising:

an airbag module;

a cushion pad having a recessed portion on a rear surface of the cushion pad, the recessed portion accommodating the airbag module;

a frame embedded in the cushion pad; and

a bracket with which the airbag module is fixed to the frame,

wherein the bracket includes a fixing portion to be fixed to a vehicle body,

wherein the fixing portion is disposed behind the airbag module, and

wherein the fixing portion includes a wire configured to being hooked to a hook provided on the vehicle body.

2. The side support block according to claim 1 ,

wherein an engaging portion of the wire configured to engage with the hook is covered with a buffer member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 10, 2020
From: HASHIMOTO, SHUHEI; SATO, KENJI
To: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052899/0794 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-109789 · Jun 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200391692A1 · Dec 17, 2020
Cited By (1)
US 12,344,179