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US 11,440,497 B2Granted
Occupant protection apparatus
AssigneeSubaru Corporation
InventorIsamu Nagasawa
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Abstract
An occupant protection apparatus includes an airbag, an upper holder, and a tension member. The airbag is disposed along side surfaces of a seat from an upper part of the seat into space under a seat surface. The upper holder is configured to hold an upper part of the airbag and disposed between and above shoulders of an occupant to sit on the seat in a right-to-left direction. The tension member is configured to, upon deployment of the airbag, apply a tensional force to a lower part of the deploying airbag to pull the lower part in a direction opposite to a side surface on which the airbag is deployed.
Claims17
An occupant protection apparatus comprising:
- an airbag disposed along side surfaces of a seat from an upper part of the seat into space under a seat surface;
- an upper holder configured to hold an upper part of the airbag, the upper holder being disposed between and above shoulders of an occupant to sit on the seat in a right-to-left direction;
- and
- a tension member configured to, upon deployment of the airbag, apply a tensional force to a lower part of the airbag to pull the lower part in a direction opposite to a side surface on which the airbag is deployed, and
- wherein the lower part of the airbag, upon deployment of the airbag, inflates and expands while under the seat surface;
- and wherein:
- portions of the airbag are disposed on a right side and a left side of the seat and connect with one another under the seat surface;
- and
- one of the portions on the right side and the left side applies the tensional force to the lower part of the other of the portions.
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An occupant protection apparatus comprising:
- an airbag disposed along side surfaces of a seat from an upper part of the seat into space under a seat surface such that the airbag extends along under the seat surface from one side of the seat to the other side of the seat;
- an upper holder configured to hold an upper part of the airbag, the upper holder being disposed between and above shoulders of an occupant to sit on the seat in a right-to-left direction;
- and
- a tension member configured to, upon deployment of the airbag, apply a tensional force to a lower part of the airbag to pull the lower part in a direction opposite to a side surface on which the airbag is deployed, and
- wherein the lower part of the airbag is received within an inflation guide path that originates below an upper surface of the seat and extends to a tear region on the upper surface of the seat such that the lower part of the airbag, which includes an inflatable portion extending under the upper surface of the seat, expands upward upon inflation within the inflation guide path, or the lower part of the airbag is received within an inflation guide path that originates below the upper surface of the seat and extends from a rearward, under seat storage location to a more forward region of the seat such that the lower part of the airbag, with inflatable portion extending under the upper surface of the seat, expands forward upon inflation within the inflation guide path.
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An occupant protection apparatus comprising:
- a first storage portion provided along a left side of a seat back of a seat;
- a second storage portion provided along a right side of the seat back;
- a third storage portion provided under a seat surface of a seat cushion of the seat, the third storage portion connects with the first storage portion and the second storage portion;
- an airbag including a first inflatable airbag portion stored in the first storage portion, a second inflatable airbag portion stored in the second storage portion, and a third inflatable airbag portion having an inflatable section stored under the seat surface of the seat cushion in the third storage portion such that the inflatable section of the third inflatable airbag portion extends along under the seat surface from one side of the seat to the other side of the seat, the third inflatable airbag portion connects with the first inflatable airbag portion and the second inflatable airbag portion;
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- an upper holder configured to hold upper parts of the first inflatable airbag portion and the second inflatable airbag portion, the upper holder being disposed between and above shoulders of an occupant to sit on the seat in a right-to-left direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.