# US 12,005,848 B2 · Occupant protection device

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- Number: US 12,005,848 B2
- Document ID: US12005848B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/334,562
- Filed: 2023-06-14
- Published: 2024-01-04
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2022-07-04
- Assignees: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hitomi Takahashi; Wataru Miura; Yasushi Masuda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12005848B2

## CPC

- B60R 21/02: Occupant safety arrangements or fittings {, e.g. crash pads (seat belts with crash pads B60R22/14; removable children's seats having a front guard or barrier B60N2/2839)}
- B60N 2/42718: {with anti-submarining systems}
- B60R 21/207: in vehicle seats
- B60R 2021/022: {mounted on seats}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

An occupant protection device includes a seat having a seat portion and a backrest portion, a first restraining member configured to restrain a left shoulder of an occupant, a second restraining member configured to restrain a right shoulder of the occupant, a take-up unit that holds and takes up the first restraining member and the second restraining member, and a lifting unit, wherein the first restraining member and the second restraining member are fed out from a housing portion of the seat owing to being taken up by the take-up unit, and restrain the left and right shoulders, and wherein the lifting unit causes a front edge side of a seat face of the seat portion to rise when the take-up unit takes up the first restraining member and the second restraining member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An occupant protection device, comprising:
a seat having a seat portion and a backrest portion;
a first restraining member configured to restrain a left shoulder of an occupant seated on the seat, an upper end portion of the first restraining member being fixed to a left upper end side of the backrest portion, an intermediate portion between the upper end portion and a lower end portion of the first restraining member being housed in a left side face of the backrest portion and a left side face of the seat portion;
a second restraining member configured to restrain a right shoulder of the occupant seated on the seat, an upper end portion of the second restraining member being fixed to a right upper end side of the backrest portion, an intermediate portion between the upper end portion and a lower end portion of the second restraining member being housed in a right side face of the backrest portion and a right side face of the seat portion;
a take-up unit that holds and takes up each of the lower end portion of the first restraining member and the lower end portion of the second restraining member, the take-up unit being disposed on a front edge side of the seat portion; and
a lifting unit that causes a front edge side of a seat face of the seat portion to rise,
wherein the first restraining member is fed out from a housing portion of the seat owing to being taken up by the take-up unit, and restrains the left shoulder of the occupant from the front of the left shoulder, and the second restraining member is fed out from a housing portion of the seat owing to being taken up by the take-up unit, and restrains the right shoulder of the occupant from the front of the right shoulder, and
wherein the lifting unit causes the front edge side of the seat face of the seat portion to rise when the take-up unit takes up the first restraining member and the second restraining member.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The occupant protection device according to claim 1,
wherein a drive source that causes the take-up unit to drive and a drive source that causes the lifting unit to drive are shared.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The occupant protection device according to claim 1,
wherein the first restraining member includes a core member that has a flexibility and is taken up by the take-up unit, and a tube member that has a flexibility and covers the core member of the first restraining member, and
wherein the second restraining member includes a core member that has a flexibility and is taken up by the take-up unit, and a tube member that has a flexibility and covers the core member of second restraining member.