US 12,269,410 B2
Vehicle seat provided with an installed safety system
François Lesartre, Guyancourt (FR); Nicolas Renaud, Guyancourt (FR); Jean-Baptiste Roy, Guyancourt (FR); and Philippe Souville, Guyancourt (FR)
Assigned to RENAULT S.A.S, Boulogne Billancourt (FR); and NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Kanagawa-ku (JP)
Appl. No. 18/684,700
Filed by RENAULT S.A.S, Boulogne Billancourt (FR); and NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., Kanagawa-ku (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 21, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/070555
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 19, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/025482, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 2, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 21 08954 (FR), filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0026296 A1, Jan. 23, 2025
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/2338 (2011.01); B60R 22/26 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) [B60R 21/23138 (2013.01); B60R 21/2338 (2013.01); B60R 22/26 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23146 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23386 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat comprising:
a structure of a backrest, a structure of a seat pan having an anti-submarining hump, and an airbag having two components placed on sides of said seat configured to be on either side of an individual who would be seated thereon, wherein
each component of the airbag comprises an airbag cushion and at least one strap sewn to said airbag cushion, said component being configured to deploy toward the front of the seat in the event of an impact of the vehicle, such that said components are configured to completely surround the individual,
said at least one strap of each component has a top fixing point for fixing to an upper area of the structure of the backrest and a bottom fixing point for fixing to the anti-submarining hump of the structure of the seat pan, and said at least one strap of each component is routed along one side of the structure of the backrest and along one side of the structure of the seat pan,
the structure of the backrest comprises a seat cushion and a rigid shell surrounding said seat cushion and being open at the front, such that said at least one strap of each component passes on one side of the structure of the backrest between said seat cushion and said rigid shell, the seat comprising a seat belt fully integrated therein and provided with a retractor fixed to the structure of the backrest and placed inside a receiving portion delimited by a front casing located in an upper area of said structure of the backrest, the rigid shell at least partially covering said front casing, thereby forming a space between them to enable the passage of said at least one strap of one of the two components in the upper area of the structure of the backrest, said shell delimiting said receiving portion to the rear.