US 12,391,205 B2
Vehicle seat back provided with an airbag device and method of assembly such a seat back
Jean-Marie Mauffrey, Champagney (FR); Didier Fouinat, Saint Cheron (FR); and Didier Duriez, Le Plessis-Pâté (FR)
Assigned to FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile, Nanterre (FR)
Filed by FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile, Nanterre (FR)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/989,078.
Claims priority of application No. 2112283 (FR), filed on Nov. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0158989 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat back comprising a seat back frame with a pillar, an airbag device and a side bolster, the airbag device comprising at least one airbag and an airbag support for attaching the airbag to the seat back frame, and the side bolster comprising a side bolster trim and at least one side bolster trim support for attaching the side bolster to the seat back frame, wherein the trim support and the airbag support comprise at least one assembly point for their attachment to the pillar of the seat back frame,
wherein the side bolster trim comprises a run-off line for deployment of the airbag,
wherein the seat back further comprises a deflector attached to the pillar, the deflector comprising a border, the border being arranged along the run-off line, and
wherein, in the event the airbag is deployed, the border, due to the flexibility of the deflector, moves away from the run-off line of the side bolster trim to allow the airbag to deploy.