US 2009/0243268 A1Published application

Occupant protection system

AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.

InventorsShigeyuki SUZUKI, Takaki FUKUYAMA, Kenji HAYAKAWA, Tsukasa SUGIYAMA, Michio INOUE, Hirokazu MATSUURA, Hajime KITTE, Takeki HAYASHI, Masashi AOKI, Hitoshi IDA

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Abstract

The occupant protection system includes a catching body that is housed in a housing located between a near-by seat and a distant seat for upward deployment and a support body that supports the catching body. The catching body covers the impact side of a distant-side occupant to catch the occupant moving toward the impacted lateral and includes a distal end acting as a free end swingable in a left and right direction. The support body is located on a side of the near-by seat close to the impacted lateral for deployment to support the catching body when the catching body swings toward the impacted lateral after receiving the distant-side occupant.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An occupant protection system mountable on a vehicle having a row of seats arranged along a left and right direction and operable when the vehicle is impacted on a lateral, the system comprising:

a catching body for catching a distant-side occupant seated on a distant seat that is located away from the lateral which has been impacted, the catching body being housed in a housing located between the distant seat and a near-by seat that is located close to the impacted lateral for deployment on a side of the distant seat close to the impacted lateral, the catching body including a fixed end fixed to the housing and a distal end acting as a free end swingable in a left and right direction;
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a support body located on a side of the near-by seat close to the impacted lateral, the support body being configured to support the catching body when the catching body swings toward the impacted lateral upon receiving the distant-side occupant.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.