Vehicle seat assembly

摘要

A vehicle seat assembly having a seat pad, a trim cover, an air bag module, and a pad shield. The air bag module has an air bag, an inflator, and a housing that receives the air bag when the air bag is in a stored condition. The pad shield extends at least partially around the housing. Inflation of the air bag forces the pad shield against the seat pad to inhibit the air bag from contacting at least a portion of the seat pad.

主权项

1. A vehicle seat assembly, comprising:
a frame; a seat pad disposed proximate the frame; an air bag module disposed proximate the frame, the air bag module having an air bag, an inflator adapted to provide an inflation gas to inflate the air bag from a stored condition to an inflated condition, wherein the air bag extends through a deployment path when in the inflated condition; a trim cover disposed over the seat pad and including a seam through which the air bag deploys when inflated; and a pad shield that has a distal end, the pad shield being detached from the trim cover and spaced apart from the seam such that the distal end is not disposed in the deployment path when the air bag is in the stored condition and the distal end is disposed in the deployment path when the air bag is in the inflated condition.