Mazda Motor Corporation

Yoshiyuki Iwamoto

Kazuhiro Matsuhashi

Kenji Satani

Kiyoshi Hayashi

Saori Mito

Shuji Kumano

A seat structure for a vehicle comprises a seat, a seat rail comprising a lower rail and an upper rail, and an anchor bracket fixing an anchor (a first anchor) of a seatbelt device to the upper rail. The anchor bracket includes a first bracket provided with a first bottom portion fixed to the upper rail and a first side portion rising upwardly from the first bottom portion and a second bracket provided with a second bottom portion fixed to the upper rail, a second side portion rising upwardly from the second bottom portion, and an anchor attachment portion where the anchor is attached. The first side portion and the second side portion are joined together, overlapping each other in a vehicle width direction, and the first bracket extends forwardly beyond the second bracket.

Seat structure for vehicle

A seatback frame structure (F) for a seatback ( ) of a seat (S) comprises a generally rectangular seatback frame ( ) and a lower or primary wire frame ( ) which has base frame sections ( ) extending from opposite vertical side frame sections ( ) of the rectangular seatback frame ( ) at a height of lumbar vertebras, respectively, an upward extending support frame section ( ) which extends upward from the base frame sections ( ) and comprises opposite vertical side frame sections ( ) extending from the base sections ( ), respectively, and a horizontal frame section ( ) extending between the opposite vertical side frame sections ( ) at a height of shoulder blades, and an upper or subsidiary wire frame ( ) extending between the opposite vertical side frame sections ( ) behind the upward extending support frame section ( ). The upward extending support frame section ( ) at its upper part is bent backward so as to extend along the backbone of a person P sitting on the seat S.

Frame structure for a seatback of a seat

A side air bag apparatus installed within a seat has an air bag unit containing an inflator and a folded air bag in an air bag unit housing which is placed on a side of the center of the seat with respect to and in close proximity to a frame member extending along a side section of the seat so as to direct an opening of the air bag unit housing in a specified direction. The air bag unit housing is secured to the frame member by a bracket frame.

Side air bag apparatus for vehicle

A side air bag apparatus installed within a seat has an air bag unit containing an inflator and a folded air bag in an air bag unit housing which is connected to a firing control unit by way of a harness partly extending from the air bag unit within and along a lower transverse section of the seat from one side of the seat close to a door to the other side of the seat and partly extending under the seat to the firing control unit via a coupler secured to the underside of the seat.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Yoshiyuki Iwamoto