Passenger protecting apparatus
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorsRyoji Saiguchi, Hiroaki Fujii, Masahiro Higuchi, Katsuyuki Sakai, Ichizo Kobayashi
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Abstract
A passenger protecting apparatus that prevents a submarine phenomenon of the passenger by the use of an air belt that is configured to inflate to form a sleeve wall. The apparatus includes a seat cushion that includes a seat pad, and an air belt disposed under the seat pad. The apparatus includes a buckle and a lap anchor. The rear end on the right and the left of the air belt are connected to the buckle and the lap anchor via a wire respectively. Upon collision, the air belt is inflated and the front portion of the seat pad is pushed up so that a submarine phenomenon is prevented and the buckle and the lap anchor are pulled down.
Claims14
An apparatus for protecting a passenger seated in a seat having a seat cushion and a seat back comprising a belt connected to the seat cushion and the seat back and configured to inflate to form a sleeve wall at the side of the seat cushion;
- and wherein when the air belt is configured to decrease length when inflated.
The apparatus of clam 5, wherein movement of the wire is limited to one direction.
An apparatus for protecting a passenger seated in a vehicle seat having a seat cushion and a seat back comprising a belt connected to the seat cushion and the seat back and configured to inflate to form a sleeve wall at the side of the seat cushion;
- and wherein when the air belt is configured to decrease length when inflated;
- wherein the air belt is configured to inflate when the vehicle is detected to be involved in a side crash.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.