US 12,233,814 B2
Seatbelt assist device and vehicle seat
Atsushi Yamabe, Tochigi (JP); Noriyuki Yamato, Tochigi (JP); and Haruki Mochizuki, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed on May 21, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/669,620.
Application 18/669,620 is a continuation of application No. 18/307,839, filed on Apr. 27, 2023, granted, now 12,024,117.
Application 18/307,839 is a continuation of application No. 17/188,076, filed on Mar. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,639,152, issued on May 2, 2023.
Application 17/188,076 is a continuation of application No. 16/887,226, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 10,933,840, issued on Mar. 2, 2021.
Application 16/887,226 is a continuation of application No. 16/253,864, filed on Jan. 22, 2019, granted, now 10,668,893, issued on Jun. 2, 2020.
Application 16/253,864 is a continuation of application No. 15/501,720, granted, now 10,449,926, issued on Feb. 3, 2017, previously published as PCT/JP2015/072179, filed on Aug. 5, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 2014-160884 (JP), filed on Aug. 6, 2014; application No. 2014-160885 (JP), filed on Aug. 6, 2014; application No. 2014-160886 (JP), filed on Aug. 6, 2014; and application No. 2015-102041 (JP), filed on May 19, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0300439 A1, Sep. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 22/26 (2006.01); B60N 2/90 (2018.01); B60R 22/03 (2006.01); B60R 22/18 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 22/26 (2013.01) [B60N 2/90 (2018.02); B60N 2/919 (2018.02); B60R 22/03 (2013.01); B60N 2002/924 (2018.02); B60R 2022/1818 (2013.01); B60R 2022/266 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a vehicle seat, wherein the vehicle seat has a support portion configured to support a back of a seated passenger from behind the back of the seated passenger and a lateral portion positioned at a side of the support portion and an airbag module, the lateral portion has a resin plate and a cover material, the resin plate has a space formation portion and a recessed airbag housing portion that is disposed at a different position from the space formation portion, the space formation portion includes a bottom wall portion and side wall portions provided respectively on both sides of the bottom wall portion, the method comprising:
preparing the resin plate;
housing the airbag module in the recessed airbag housing portion that formed on the resin plate; and
covering the resin plate and the airbag module by the cover material;
wherein at least a portion of the space formation portion opposes a belt portion of a seatbelt when a seatbelt is at a standby position in an unlocked state,
wherein at least a portion of the space formation portion is formed on a side of the support portion with respect to the airbag module, and
wherein the side wall portion of the space formation portion that is positioned on the side of the support portion with respect to the airbag module is positioned closer to the support portion in a width direction of the vehicle seat than a side wall portion of the recessed airbag housing portion that is positioned on the side of the support portion with respect to the airbag module.