A side bolster assembly for mounting in a vehicle. The side bolster assembly may include a carrier that may have a pocket. The pocket may receive an airbag module that may have an inflatable airbag. A cushion may extend across the pocket. A guide member may guide the airbag around the cushion upon inflation.

Provided is a readily-attached seat frame that has a compact periphery of a stay cloth attachment portion while maintaining a high deployment performance of an airbag. A seat frame is provided in which an airbag module is disposed in a seat back frame. The seat back frame is provided with a guide member end attachment member that locks ends of guide members for facilitating the deployment of an airbag provided in the airbag module, and the attachment positions of the guide members in the guide member end attachment member are disposed at the inside of the seat back frame in relation to the attachment position of the airbag module 6.

In a vehicle seat, a side frame of a seat back frame has a front wall that is formed so as to be bent inward continuously from a front edge of a plate-shaped portion and forms a curved region extending vertically from around the rotating shaft and reaching an upper frame, and a rear wall that is formed so as to be bent inward continuously from a rear edge of the plate-shaped portion and forms a curved region extending vertically from around the rotating shaft and reaching the upper frame, and an inner edge of the front wall has a projecting piece that spreads to the inside from a virtual outline corresponding to a shape of the upper frame and is superimposed on the front wall of the upper frame from the rear. This provides a vehicle seat that can contribute to improvement of the work efficiency when assembling a seat back frame.

A vehicle seat for a motor vehicle, comprising a backrest, a seat and an airbag device, wherein the airbag device comprises at least one airbag module and at least one arrestor strap mechanism, wherein the at least one airbag module comprises at least one airbag and the at least one arrestor strap mechanism comprises at least one arrestor strap arrangement and at least one tensioning device for the arrestor strap arrangement, wherein one end of the arrestor strap arrangement is attached to the airbag, wherein the tensioning device is arranged on the seat.

A vehicle seat includes a seatback frame including a pair of side members extending vertically along either side thereof and providing a structural framework of a seatback, a plate member positioned behind the seatback frame and including an extension extending in an outboard direction from the side member located on an outboard side of the seatback frame, a mounting member connected to the outboard side member, and an airbag module positioned on a front side of the extension and connected to the outboard side member via the mounting member, a clearance being defined between the airbag module and the extension.

To provide a vehicle seat which makes the load from the airbag more likely to be concentrated on a weakened part of a skin member, a vehicle seat provided with a seat cushion constituting a seating surface and a seat back constituting a backrest includes: a seat back frame forming a structural member of the seat back; an airbag module supported on a side portion of the seat back frame on a vehicle outer side; a pad member covering the airbag module; and a skin member covering a surface of the pad member, wherein the skin member is provided with a weakened part vertically extending on an edge part of the seat back on a vehicle outer side and a first low-elasticity reinforcement part extending from a vicinity of the weakened part in a direction intersecting with the weakened part.

The invention relates to a motor vehicle seat (1) comprising a cushion (3) covered by a knitted textile covering (4) and an inflatable bag (5), said cushion being provided with a passage (6) allowing said bag to be deployed outside said covering, said covering being provided with a weakened zone (7) of lesser tear resistance which extends in a rectilinear reference direction between two opposite parts (9a, 9b) of said covering and facing said passage, said parts presenting a mesh consisting of a plurality of rows of structural loops arranged side by side in said reference direction, each of said loops being linked to the loops surrounding it by a plurality of interweavings, said zone resulting from the knitting of the said covering, each of said parts being provided with a thread for blocking its elongation in a direction perpendicular to said reference direction.

A vehicle seat and an assembling method of the vehicle seat are provided. The vehicle seat includes: a seat frame, having a side frame; an airbag module, fixed onto the side frame; a liner, covering the seat frame; a covering, covering the seat frame and the liner, the covering being provided with a tearing portion that is ruptured when an airbag is expanded; a first lining cloth, wherein an outer end of the first lining cloth is connected to the tearing portion; a second lining cloth, wherein an outer end of the second lining cloth is connected to the tearing portion; and a first hook portion, disposed at an inner end of one of the first lining cloth and the second lining cloth, and configured to hook and fix one of the first lining cloth and the second lining cloth onto the side frame.

A vehicle seat and an assembling method of the vehicle seat are provided. The vehicle seat includes: a seat frame, having a side frame; an airbag module, fixed onto the side frame; a liner, covering the seat frame; a covering, covering the seat frame and the liner, the covering being provided with a tearing portion that is ruptured when an airbag is expanded; a first lining cloth, wherein an outer end of the first lining cloth is connected to the tearing portion; a second lining cloth, wherein an outer end of the second lining cloth is connected to the tearing portion; and a first hook portion, disposed at an inner end of one of the first lining cloth and the second lining cloth, and configured to hook and fix one of the first lining cloth and the second lining cloth onto the side frame.

A system of controlling various actuators associated with human support surfaces is disclosed. Such a system is made up of a support surface, a controller, and an actuator. The system may optionally include batteries, a means of charging the batteries, and a graphical user interface as well as a communication link between the graphical user interface and the support surfaces. The actuators are capable of altering contour and/or firmness, of a support surface, they may be vibrational or heating/cooling in nature, and they may also alter the overall relative position of a support surface to another support surface, and/or to the ground plane.