Passenger protection apparatus for vehicle
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorIsamu Nagasawa
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Abstract
A passenger protection apparatus for vehicle includes an airbag and a regulating member. The airbag is capable of deploying forward or upward from a side of a seat on which a passenger sits. The regulating member is capable of regulating deployment of the airbag. The regulating member connects a side of a seat back to a side of a lower part of the seat, and is configured to contact an outside of the airbag in a seat width direction to regulate a deployment direction of the airbag to deploy the airbag inward in the seat width direction.
Claims20
A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a regulating member configured to connect a first part of a side of a seat back included in an upper part of a seat of the vehicle to a second part of a side of a seat cushion included in a lower part of the seat;
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- an airbag disposed at a side of the seat between the first part and the second part, and configured to be deployed forward in the front-rear direction of the seat and outward in a seat width direction, wherein
- an outside part, in the seat width direction, of the deployed air bag is configured to contact an inside part, in the seat width direction, of the regulating member, and
- a front portion of the deployed air bag is configured to turn to a front of the seat inward in the seat width direction by tension of the regulating member.
A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- an airbag capable of deploying forward or upward from a side of a seat on which a passenger sits;
- a regulating member capable of regulating deployment of the airbag, the regulating member connecting a side of a seat back of the seat and a side of a lower part of the seat, and the regulating member being configured to contact an outside of the airbag in a seat width direction to regulate a deployment direction of the airbag to deploy the airbag inward in the seat width direction, and wherein the regulating member contacts an area between an outer end and a center of the airbag in the seat width direction.
A passenger protection apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:
- a tether configured to connect a first part of a side of a seat back included in an upper part of a seat of the vehicle to a reel disposed in a second part of a side of a seat cushion included in a lower part of the seat, the reel being configured for reel up of the tether;
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- an airbag disposed in a side of the seat between the first part and the second part, and configured to be deployed forward in the front-rear direction of the seat and outward in a seat width direction, wherein
- an outside part, in a seat width direction, of the deployed air bag is configured to contact an inside part, in the seat width direction, of the tether, and
- a front portion of the deployed airbag is configured to turn to a front of the seat inward in the seat width direction by tension of the tether.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.