# US 2017/0282832 A1 · Occupant protection apparatus for vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0282832 A1 - Document ID: US20170282832A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/419,818 - Filed: 2017-01-30 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-03-31 - Assignees: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Fuji Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Takao Kondo; Isamu Nagasawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170282832A1 ## CPC - B60R 21/18: the inflatable member formed as a belt or harness or combined with a belt or harness arrangement - B60R 21/013: including means for detecting collisions, impending collisions or roll-over - B60R 21/0132: responsive to vehicle motion parameters {, e.g. to vehicle longitudinal or transversal deceleration or speed value} - B60R 21/0134: responsive to imminent contact with an obstacle {, e.g. using radar systems} - B60R 21/01548: {sensing the amount of belt winded on retractor} - B60R 21/0155: {sensing belt tension} - B60R 21/01554: {Seat position sensors} - B60R 21/262: Elongated tubular diffusers, e.g. curtain-type - B60R 22/14: incorporating enlarged restraint areas, e.g. vests, nets {, crash pads, optionally for children (crash pads for occupants' safety on vehicles in general B60R21/02)} - B60R 2021/01013: {Means for detecting collision, impending collision or roll-over} - B60R 2021/01311: {monitoring the braking system, e.g. ABS} - B60R 2021/01317: {monitoring seat belt tensiont} - B60R 2021/01327: {Angular velocity or angular acceleration} - B60R 2300/105: using multiple cameras - B60R 2300/301: combining image information with other obstacle sensor information, e.g. using RADAR/LIDAR/SONAR sensors for estimating risk of collision - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a seat, a three-point seatbelt device, and a belt airbag device. An occupant to board the vehicle is to sit on the seat. The three-point seatbelt device includes a seatbelt extendable across a front of an upper body of the occupant sitting on the seat. The belt airbag device includes a belt airbag that is provided at a shoulder belt section, which is extendable from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant, of the seatbelt, and that is configured to be deployed when a collision occurs. The belt airbag includes a belt-direction deployment section extendable and deployable along the shoulder belt section, and an intersecting-direction deployment section extendable and deployable in a direction intersecting the shoulder belt section. The sections are configured to form a single bag by being coupled to each other below a head of the occupant sitting on the seat. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An occupant protection device for a vehicle comprising: a seat on which an occupant to board the vehicle is to sit; a three-point seatbelt device having a seatbelt extendable across a front of an upper body of the occupant sitting on the seat; and a belt airbag device comprising a belt airbag that is provided at a shoulder belt section, which is extendable from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant, of the seatbelt the belt airbag being configured to be deployed when a collision occurs, wherein the belt airbag comprises a belt-direction deployment section extendable and deployable along the shoulder belt section, and an intersecting-direction deployment section extendable and deployable in a direction intersecting the shoulder belt section, and wherein the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section are configured to form a single bag by being coupled to each other below a head of the occupant sitting on the seat. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The occupant protection device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the belt-direction deployment section has a length identical to a length of the intersecting-direction deployment section when the belt-direction deployment section extends along the shoulder belt section, and wherein the intersecting-direction deployment section and the belt-direction deployment section form a substantially V-shape by being coupled to each other at lower ends thereof. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The occupant protection device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the belt-direction deployment section is longer than the intersecting-direction deployment section when the belt-direction deployment section extends along the shoulder belt section, and wherein a lower end of the intersecting-direction deployment section is coupled to a center of the longer belt-direction deployment section, so that a substantially y-shape is formed. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The occupant protection device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section form a substantially X-shape by being coupled to each other at centers thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The occupant protection device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a filler that fills a space between the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section is formed above an area where the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section are coupled to each other. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The occupant protection device for a vehicle according to claim 2, wherein a filler that fills a space between the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section is formed above an area where the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section are coupled to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The occupant protection device for a vehicle according to claim 3, wherein a filler that fills a space between the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section is formed above an area where the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section are coupled to each other. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The occupant protection device for a vehicle according to claim 4, wherein a filler that fills a space between the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section is formed above an area where the belt-direction deployment section and the intersecting-direction deployment section are coupled to each other.