Patent ID: 7611195

Claim:
An airbag device in combination with a vehicle seat, the combination comprising: a seat frame including a base frame and a back frame; an elongate bracket member extending between and connected at either end thereof to the side frame members to extend below the seat pan; a seat pan for supporting a seat cushion; an airbag arranged to be deployed for lifting the seat cushion; a gas generator for supplying inflation gas to the airbag; a housing portion of the seat pan configured for receiving the airbag and the gas generator; a signal transmission device for transmitting an electrical activation signal to the gas generator including an elongate harness having an enlarged end connector portion; an opening in the seat pan housing portion configured and sized to fit the enlarged end connector portion of the signal transmission device therethrough; an opening in the elongate bracket member configured and sized to fit the enlarged end connector portion of the signal transmission device theretbrough; a fastening device that attaches the seat pan to the bracket member to be tightly engaged thereagainst so that the openings of the seat pan housing portion and the bracket member are aligned forming a through hole that extends in an axial direction and which has a length in the axial direction that is minimized due to the tight engagement between the seat pan housing portion and the bracket member to allow for easy insertion of the elongate harness including the enlarged end connector portion thereof therethrough; and a sealing member sized to fit in the through hole and for extending about the elongate harness extending through the through hole in close contact therewith to keep moisture from accessing the seat pan housing portion.