Occupant protection device
AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakatoshi YAJIMA, Kenji KAKIMOTO
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Abstract
In an occupant protection device, an airbag disposed in a region of a lap belt of a seat belt includes a bag body and a conduit connected to an inflator disposed near a lower end of a seat portion of a seat. The airbag is held by the lap belt in a folded state. The conduit is disposed substantially along the lap belt while being held by a conduit holder. The conduit holder is formed of a material having flexibility and higher rigidity than the conduit, is disposed substantially along the conduit, and has both end sides fixed to a seat side and a bag body side, respectively, by a seat-side fixing portion or a bag body-side fixing portion.
Claims10
An occupant protection device disposed on a seat of a vehicle, including:
- a seat belt;
- an airbag disposed in a region of a lap belt that restrains a waist of an occupant seated on the seat when the occupant wears the seat belt;
- and
- an inflator disposed at a position near a lower end of a seat portion of the seat and supplies an inflation gas to the airbag,
- the airbag having a bag shape formed of a flexible sheet, and including
- a bag body that is held by the lap belt in a folded state and inflates to be able to protect the occupant wearing the seat belt, and
- a conduit that is connected to the inflator to allow the inflation gas to flow into the bag body,
- wherein
- the conduit is disposed substantially along the lap belt in a state of being held by a conduit holder, and
- the conduit holder is formed of a material having flexibility and higher rigidity than the conduit, is disposed substantially along the conduit, and has both end sides fixed to a seat side and a bag body side, respectively by a seat-side fixing portion or a bag body-side fixing portion.
An occupant protection device disposed on a seat of a vehicle, comprising:
- a seat belt;
- an airbag disposed in a region of a lap belt that restrains a waist of an occupant seated on the seat when the occupant wears the seat belt;
- and
- an inflator disposed at a position near a lower end of a seat portion of the seat and supplies an inflation gas to the airbag,
- the airbag having a bag shape formed of a flexible sheet, and including
- a bag body that is held by the lap belt in a folded state and inflates to be able to protect the occupant wearing the seat belt, and
- a conduit that is connected to the inflator to allow the inflation gas to flow into the bag body,
- wherein
- the conduit is disposed substantially along the lap belt in a state of being held by a conduit holder, and
- the conduit holder is formed of a material having flexibility and higher rigidity than the conduit, is formed of a substantial tube capable of covering an outer peripheral side of the conduit, and has at least one end side fixed to a seat side or a bag-body side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.