Patent ID: 7559605
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag device for a vehicle seat, the airbag device comprising: an airbag for being deployed to lift a seat cushion of the vehicle seat; a retainer for the airbag; a seat pan for supporting the seat cushion; opposite sides of the seat pan; a support member secured to one of the opposite sides of the seat pan with the retainer secured to the other of the opposite sides of the seat pan so that during airbag deployment the support member reinforces the seat pan; a fastener for securing the retainer, seat pan, and support member together with the fastener extending in an axial direction and the airbag being deployed in the axial direction, wherein the seat pan includes a recessed well in which the airbag and retainer are received with the well including a flat bottom wall portion, and the axial direction extends generally obliquely to the flat bottom wall portion.