Patent ID: 7331601
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle seat component comprising: a frame for mounting on an associated vehicle on which the vehicle seat component is to be used; a molded foam seat pad mounted by the frame and having a side extremity, and the seat pad including attachment wires molded in the seat pad; a trim cover extending over the seat pad and having an air bag release seam adjacent the side extremity of the seat pad; an air bag module mounted on the frame within the trim cover in a spaced relationship from its air bag release seam, and the air bag module including an inflater and an air bag that is inflated by the inflater to project outwardly from the seat component through the air bag release seam of the trim cover; an air bag guide including an inner panel and an outer panel that are each made of flexible material and have outer and inner extremities with their outer extremities connected to the trim cover adjacent the air bag release seam, the flexible inner and outer panels extending alongside each other from their outer extremities to the air bag module and thence respectively inwardly and outwardly thereof; a first connector for securing the inner extremity of the flexible inner panel to one of the attachment wires in the seat pad; and a second connector for securing the inner extremity of the flexible outer panel to another one of the attachment wires in the seat pad at a location that is spaced from the inner extremity of the flexible inner panel.