US 12,172,594 B2
Vehicle seat
Hideki Usami, Tochigi (JP)
Assigned to TS TECH CO., LTD., Asaka (JP)
Filed by TS TECH CO., LTD., Saitama (JP)
Filed on Nov. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/501,378.
Application 18/501,378 is a division of application No. 17/748,375, filed on May 19, 2022.
Application 17/748,375 is a continuation of application No. 16/636,942, granted, now 11,358,552, issued on Jun. 14, 2022, previously published as PCT/JP2018/014053, filed on Apr. 2, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-152508 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2017; application No. 2017-152514 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2017; application No. 2017-152522 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2017; and application No. 2017-152525 (JP), filed on Aug. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2024/0059244 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60N 2/68 (2006.01); B60R 21/2165 (2011.01); B60R 21/217 (2011.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) [B60N 2/68 (2013.01); B60R 21/2165 (2013.01); B60R 21/217 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0032 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion and a seat back,
wherein the seat back comprises:
a seat back frame including a pair of left and right side frames extending in a vertical direction and an upper frame connecting upper ends of the side frames to each other;
an airbag module supported to an upper half of the seat back frame via a bracket; and
a skin member covering the seat back frame, the bracket, and the airbag module from a rear side thereof, and
wherein a part of the skin member corresponding to the airbag module is provided with a frangible portion configured to open upon inflation of an airbag,
the bracket is joined to the seat back frame in two laterally spaced positions,
the bracket is provided with a recess that is recessed forward,
the airbag module is accommodated inside the recess,
the recess is defined by a recess bottom wall having a flat plate-like shape and side walls surrounding the recess bottom wall having a rectangular shape,
a part of the side walls is located below the airbag module,
the airbag module includes the airbag, an inflator configured to charge gas into the airbag to protrude from a rear side of the seat back and to be inflated rearwards and diagonally upwards, and
the airbag module is fastened to the recess bottom wall.