Lower limb restraint airbag device
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMitsuyoshi Ohno
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Abstract
A lower limb restraint airbag device, including: an airbag that is configured to be inflated and deployed toward a knee and a shin of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat by gas ejected from an inflator, and to make contact with at least the knee; a reaction force plate that is configured to be pulled out to a seat front side of the airbag in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the airbag; and a lock mechanism that is configured to block movement toward a seat front side of the pulled out reaction force plate.
Claims15
A lower limb restraint airbag device, comprising:
- an airbag that is configured to be inflated and deployed toward a knee and a shin of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat by gas ejected from an inflator, and to make contact with at least the knee;
- a reaction force plate that is configured to be pulled out to a seat front side of the airbag in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the airbag;
- and
- a lock mechanism that is configured to block movement toward a seat front side of the pulled out reaction force plate,
- wherein one each of the inflator, the airbag, the reaction force plate, and the lock mechanism is provided for a left knee and for a right knee of the passenger and is installed at respective side walls disposed at the left and right sides of the vehicle seat, and
- wherein the reaction force plates are swingably supported by the side walls and are linked to the airbags by straps.
A lower limb restraint airbag device, comprising:
- an airbag that is configured to be inflated and deployed toward a knee and a shin of a passenger seated in a vehicle seat by gas ejected from an inflator, and to make contact with at least the knee;
- a reaction force plate that is configured to be pulled out to a seat front side of the airbag in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the airbag;
- and
- a lock mechanism that is configured to block movement toward a seat front side of the pulled out reaction force plate,
- wherein one each of the inflator, the airbag, the reaction force plate, and the lock mechanism is provided for a left knee and for a right knee of the passenger and is installed at respective side walls disposed at the left and right sides of the vehicle seat, and
- wherein the side walls are configured movably in the seat front-rear direction, with a rear end of the side walls disposed further toward a seat front side than a front end of a seat cushion of the vehicle seat while a vehicle is traveling, and with a front end of the side walls disposed either at a same position as, or further toward a seat rear side than, the front end of the seat cushion of the vehicle seat when a passenger is boarding or alighting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.