Patent ID: 8152197
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A side airbag structure equipped with a seatback of a seat for a vehicle, comprising: a side support provided outside of the seatback in a vehicle width direction, wherein the side support is capable of supporting a passenger of the vehicle; a cushion pad covering at least a front side of the side airbag unit; a seat skin enveloping the side airbag unit and the cushion pad; a first fragile part provided on the seat skin, wherein the first fragile part is cleaved by an inflation of the airbag and allows the airbag to deploy through the cleaved first fragile part and out of the seat skin; and a first slit provided on the cushion pad in the side support and inside of the first fragile part in the vehicle width direction, wherein the first slit passes through the cushion pad in a vehicle longitudinal direction, wherein the seat skin includes a front skin covering a front side of the cushion pad at least between an inner end of the side support in the vehicle width direction and the first fragile part, a first low expansion member is disposed inside of the front skin, wherein one end of the first low expansion member is attached to the inside of the front skin in the vicinity of the first fragile part and the other end of the first low expansion member is attached to the seatback frame through the first slit, so that the first low expansion member inhibits the front skin from expanding due to the inflation of the airbag, and the cushion pad located outside of the first slit in the vehicle width direction and inside of the first fragile part in the vehicle width direction is moved outward and frontward by the inflation of the airbag in a vehicle collision and wherein the cushion pad is not disposed outside of the side airbag unit in the vehicle width direction.