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US 11,161,471 B2Granted
Vehicle occupant protection structure
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorOsamu Fukawatase
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Abstract
A vehicle occupant protection structure includes a seat body including a seatback configured to support a back of an occupant, and a shell section including a portion configured to face a side of the occupant whose back is supported by the seatback and the portion configured to restrict movement of the occupant in a seat width direction in a case of a vehicle collision.
Claims10
A vehicle occupant protection structure comprising:
- a seat body including a seatback configured to support a back of an occupant;
- and
- a shell section including a portion configured to face a side of the occupant whose back is supported by the seatback and configured to restrict movement of the occupant in a seat width direction in a case of a vehicle collision, wherein
- the shell section is fixed to the seat body, and
- the shell section is formed in a U-shape opening toward a seat front side so as to cover the seat body from a rear side and from both sides in the seat width direction as viewed from an upper side of the seat body.
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A vehicle occupant protection structure comprising:
- a table provided in a vehicle cabin and including a work surface enabling an occupant to perform a task or including a placement face on which luggage can be placed;
- a seat body provided peripherally to the table and including at least a seatback configured to support a back of an occupant;
- and
- an airbag provided between the occupant whose back is supported by the seatback and the table, the airbag being configured to inflate and deploy in a case of a vehicle collision, wherein
- the airbag inflates and deploys between the occupant and the table,
- the airbag is disposed at a lap webbing of a three-point seatbelt device that is configured to be worn by the occupant whose back is supported by the seatback, and
- a height of the seatback from a floor of the vehicle cabin is set such that the back of the occupant is supported by the seatback when the occupant is in a standing posture or in an almost-standing posture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.