Side air bag device, occupant protection device and occupant protection method
AssigneeFuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMototsugu Suzuki
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Abstract
There are provided a side air bag device, an occupant protection device and an occupant protection method. The side air bag device that expands a side air bag member and a curtain air bag member between a side door and a passenger in a widthwise direction of a vehicle so as to protect the passenger from a shock caused by a side impact on the side door. The side air bag member is expanded such that a first chamber of the side air bag member directs toward a compartment in the widthwise direction of the vehicle.
Claims13
A side air bag device that expands a side air bag member between a vehicle side wall and a passenger in a widthwise direction of a vehicle so as to protect the passenger from a shock caused by a side impact on the vehicle side wall,
- wherein the side air bag member includes a bent portion that can expand the side air bag member in such a manner that an upper portion of the side air bag member in the vertical direction of the vehicle directs toward a compartment in the widthwise direction of the vehicle.
An occupant protection device that allows a side air bag member and a head protective bag member to expand between a vehicle side wall and a passenger in a widthwise direction of a vehicle so as to protect the passenger from a shock caused by a side impact on the vehicle side wall,
- wherein the side air bag member includes a bent portion that is bent for expanding the side air bag member in such a manner that an upper portion of the side air bag member in the vertical direction of the vehicle avoids the head protective bag member during the expansion.
An occupant protection method that allows a side air bag member and a head protective bag member to expand between a vehicle side wall and a passenger in a widthwise direction of a vehicle so as to protect the passenger from a shock caused by a side impact on the vehicle side wall,
- wherein the side air bag member includes a bent portion that is bent for expanding the side air bag member in such a manner that an upper portion of the side air bag member in the vertical direction of the vehicle avoids the head protective bag member during the expansion.
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