Patent ID: 6422590
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A holder for mounting an air bag module, said holder including a bottomed, substantially box-like body having a peripheral wall and an opening, said holder adapted to be fastened to a side plate of a seat back frame in a cavity of a back pad with said opening thereof facing a body of an automotive vehicle and with a bottom plate section thereof being applied to said side plate, and wrapped at said peripheral wall thereof by margin pieces which are provided around an opening portion in a side of a seat cover, rolled in said holder from said opening of said holder, and fastened to said holder;said air bag module including an air bag case and an air bag housed within said air bag case; said air bag module adapted to be incorporated in said holder and fastened to said side plate through said holder, whereby said air bag module is installed in the side of the seat back; said holder further including flange portions, and at least first and second brittle sections serving as breaking portions; said peripheral wall comprising a front side wall section which is to be faced to a front side of said seat back, a rear side wall section which is to be faced to a rear side of said seat back, an upper side wall section, and a lower side wall section; said flange portions projecting outwardly from edges of said front, rear, upper and lower side wall sections; at least a flange portion of said front side wall section having a thin metal plate embedded in an inner surface thereof and mounted thereto, whereby said flange portion is reinforced by said thin metal plate; said first brittle section provided at a corner between said front side wall section and said upper wall section, and at a corner between said flange portion of said front side wall section and a flange portion of said upper wall section; and said second brittle section provided at a corner between said front side wall section and said lower wall section, and at a corner between said flange portion of said front side wall section and a flange portion of said lower wall section.