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 member is expanded between a side door and a passenger M in a widthwise direction of a vehicle so as to protect the passenger from a shock caused by an impact on the side door. The side air bag member includes a communication chamber and a non-expanded portion that are contracted when the side air bag member is pressed by a curtain air bag member that is expanded above the side air bag member in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
Claims19
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 contraction portion that is contracted when the side air bag member is pressed by a head protective air bag member that expands above the side air bag member in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
An occupant protection device that expands aside airbag member and a head protective 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 an impact on the vehicle side wall, wherein
- the side air bag member includes a contraction portion that is contracted with a pressing force of the head protective bag member.
An occupant protection method comprising expanding a side air bag member and a head protective 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 an impact on the vehicle side wall, wherein
- the side air bag member is displaced downward in the vertical direction of the vehicle by being pressed by the head protective bag member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.