Patent ID: 7621557

Claim:
A vehicle seat component comprising: a frame for mounting on an associated vehicle on which the vehicle seat component is to be used; a seat pad mounted by the frame and having a side extremity; 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 within the trim cover in a spaced relationship from its air bag release seam, the air bag module including an inflator and a air bag that is inflated by the inflator to project outwardly from the seat component through the air bag release seam of the trim cover, and the air bag module including at least one threaded mounting stud that extends through the frame and the air bag module also including a mounting nut threaded onto the mounting stud to secure the air bag module to the frame; an air bag guide including a panel made of flexible material and having outer and inner extremities with its outer extremity located adjacent the air bag release seam of the cover, the flexible panel extending from its outer extremity to the air bag module and thence respectively inwardly thereof; and a grommet secured to the inner extremity of the flexible panel and made of a noncreep material, and the grommet having a hole through which the air bag module mounting stud extends to be secured by the mounting nut.