IP Library Granted Patent US 11,628,792
Granted Patent B2
US 11,628,792 · App. 17/166,469 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Vehicle seat

Inventors: Keiichi Kondou (Chiryu, JP); Mitsuyoshi Ohno (Miyoshi, JP); Shohei Funaki (Miyoshi, JP); Hiroyuki Tomita (Aichi-ken, JP); Takashi Iida (Kiyosu, JP); Shigemi Mase (Kiyosu, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
B60R21/207B60N2/5883B60N2002/5808B60R2021/2076
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Patent No.
US 11,628,792
App. No.
17/166,469
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion including a cover, a frame and a pad, a plurality of parts of the cover being restrained to the frame and the pad; a cushion airbag device mounted in a front portion in the seat cushion and configured to inflate and deploy an airbag at a time of a frontal collision of a vehicle; and a restraint release part provided in a part of the cover positioned at at least one side in a seat front-rear direction with respect to the cushion airbag device among the plurality of parts of the cover. The restraint release part is configured to release the restraint of the part of the cover with an inflation pressure of the airbag.

Claims (36)

1. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cushion on which an occupant is configured to be seated, the seat cushion including a cover, a frame and a pad, a plurality of parts of the cover being restrained to the frame and the pad;

a cushion airbag device mounted in a front portion in the seat cushion and configured to inflate and deploy an airbag at a time of a frontal collision of a vehicle; and

a restraint release part provided in a part of the cover positioned at at least one side in a seat front-rear direction with respect to the cushion airbag device among the plurality of parts of the cover and the restraint release part being configured to release the restraint of the part of the cover with an inflation pressure of the airbag, wherein

the cover includes a front edge part and a hanging part, the front edge part is restrained to the frame, the hanging part is provided in a middle portion of the cover in the seat front-rear direction and restrained to the pad; and

each of the front edge part and the hanging part is provided with the restraint release part.

2. The vehicle seat according to any one of claim 1 , wherein the restraint release part includes a fragile part that is broken by the inflation pressure of the airbag.

3. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the fragile part is a perforation formed in a cloth material of the cover.

4. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the fragile part is a fragile thread with which a main body part of the cover and a cloth material that forms a part of the cover have been sewn together.

5. The vehicle seat according to claim 2 , wherein the fragile part is set in a resin restraining tool provided in the cover to restrain the cover to the frame or the pad.

6. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the restraint release part includes a stretch cloth that forms a part of the cover and stretches by 20 mm or more by the inflation pressure of the airbag.

7. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein:

the restraint release part includes a deployment planned part having a tear seam in which a cloth material forming a part of the cover is sewn and an extra length part set in a part of the cloth material by the sewing; and

the tear seam is broken by the inflation pressure of the airbag and the extra length part is deployed.

8. The vehicle seat according to claim 1 , wherein the restraint release part includes a restraining tool provided in the cover configured to restrain the cover to the frame or the pad and releases the restraint by being deformed by the inflation pressure of the airbag.

9. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cushion including a cover, a frame and a pad, a plurality of parts of the cover being restrained to the frame and the pad;

a cushion airbag device mounted in a front portion in the seat cushion and configured to inflate and deploy an airbag at a time of a frontal collision of a vehicle; and

a restraint release part provided in a part of the cover positioned at at least one side in a seat front-rear direction with respect to the cushion airbag device among the plurality of parts of the cover and the restraint release part being configured to release the restraint of the part of the cover with an inflation pressure of the airbag, wherein

the cover includes a front edge part and a hanging part, the front edge part is restrained to the frame, the hanging part is provided in a middle portion of the cover in the seat front-rear direction and restrained to the pad; and

each of the front edge part and the hanging part is provided with the restraint release part.

10. The vehicle seat according to any one of claim 9 , wherein the restraint release part includes a fragile part that is broken by the inflation pressure of the airbag.

11. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the fragile part is a perforation formed in a cloth material of the cover.

12. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the fragile part is a fragile thread with which a main body part of the cover and a cloth material that forms a part of the cover have been sewn together.

13. The vehicle seat according to claim 10 , wherein the fragile part is set in a resin restraining tool provided in the cover to restrain the cover to the frame or the pad.

14. A vehicle seat comprising:

a seat cushion including a cover, a frame and a pad, a plurality of parts of the cover being restrained to the frame and the pad;

a cushion airbag device mounted in a front portion in the seat cushion and configured to inflate and deploy an airbag at a time of a frontal collision of a vehicle; and

a restraint release part provided in a part of the cover positioned at at least one side in a seat front-rear direction with respect to the cushion airbag device among the plurality of parts of the cover and the restraint release part being configured to release the restraint of the part of the cover with an inflation pressure of the airbag, wherein

the cover includes a front edge part and an rear edge part, each of the front edge part and the rear edge part is restrained to the frame;

each of the front edge part and the rear edge part is provided with the restraint release part; and

the restraint release part provided in the rear edge part configured to release the restraint earlier than the restraint release part provided in the front edge part.

15. The vehicle seat according to any one of claim 14 , wherein the restraint release part includes a fragile part that is broken by the inflation pressure of the airbag.

16. The vehicle seat according to claim 15 , wherein the fragile part is a perforation formed in a cloth material of the cover.

17. The vehicle seat according to claim 15 , wherein the fragile part is a fragile thread with which a main body part of the cover and a cloth material that forms a part of the cover have been sewn together.

18. The vehicle seat according to claim 15 , wherein the fragile part is set in a resin restraining tool provided in the cover to restrain the cover to the frame or the pad.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2021
From: KONDOU, KEIICHI; OHNO, MITSUYOSHI; FUNAKI, SHOHEI; TOMITA, HIROYUKI; IIDA, TAKASHI; MASE, SHIGEMI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA; TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055133/0533 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-050181 · Mar 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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