Abstract: A blow molded vehicle seat frame system with integral restraint safety belt comprises a blow molded full bench, split bench or high back seat frame with discrete, strategically-placed, insert tubular beams to provide seat and seat belt mounting and load carrying capacity. A molded back contains tubular side cavities housing non-circular reinforcing beams therein. A telescoping tube at the top of the beam provides a shoulder belt height adjustment mechanism. The reinforcement beams provide an efficiently designed load path wherein the belt forces resulting from a crash situation are directed through super-high strength roll form metal tubular beams directly to the vehicle seat track or pedestal mounts. The primary load carrying seat component members are designed structurally to create discrete displacement occupant energy absorption to provide safe occupant crash kinematics and deceleration forces.

Abstract: An elastomeric energy absorbing bumper mounting mechanism for a vehicle comprises an energy absorbing block formed of an elastomeric material, desirably a crystalline thermoplastic polyester material, formed into an intersecting grid of elastomeric walls, with a stiffer inboard side than outboard side, thickened peripheral end walls, triangular reinforcing cells, tapered cell walls, thickened posts at the intersections of certain walls, and a portion of partial length cells. The block is heat staked to rigid end plates at each end to form energy absorbing units, and the end plates are bolted to a bumper beam and vehicle rail plates. Two energy absorbing units support the bumper beam and are easily replaceable and adaptable to other vehicles.