Patent ID: 11904788
Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A vehicle seat and an airbag system,
the seat comprising a backrest and a squab, which extends from the backrest in a longitudinal direction, the backrest extending in height from the squab at a first lower portion to a second upper portion of the seat, the upper portion of the seat configured to be arranged proximal shoulders of an occupant in a seated position,
the airbag system comprising an airbag to receive inflating gas from an inflator to inflate the airbag from a deflated configuration to an inflated configuration, in which the airbag includes an upper region configured to extend over a head of the occupant in said seated position and a lower region configured to extend over a mid-section of the occupant in said seated position, wherein the airbag system comprises a tether system interconnecting the seat at the second upper portion of the seat and the airbag to restrain the lower region of the airbag in the inflated configuration in the longitudinal direction, the tether system comprising:
a first tether configured to extend, with the airbag in the inflated configuration, in the longitudinal and lateral directions and around the mid-section of the occupant, from the first side of the backrest; and
a second tether configured to extend, with the airbag in the inflated configuration, in the longitudinal and lateral directions and around the mid-section of the occupant from the second side of the backrest, wherein the first and second tether overlap each other between the first and second side.