Passenger protecting device of vehicle with table

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12358456-B2
Application number	US-202418751346-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2024
Priority date	Jul 18, 2023
Publication date	Jul 15, 2025
Grant date	Jul 15, 2025

Abstract

A passenger protecting device of a vehicle with a table, that includes: a vehicle seat provided at a floor of a vehicle cabin; and a table provided at a vehicle front side of the vehicle seat, and having a tabletop structured so as to be able to slide toward a vehicle front side at a time of a front collision of a vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A passenger protecting device of a vehicle with a table, comprising:
a vehicle seat provided at a floor of a vehicle cabin; and
a table provided at a vehicle front side of the vehicle seat, and having a tabletop structured so as to be able to slide toward a vehicle front side at a time of a front collision of a vehicle, wherein
the table:
is provided at the floor or at the vehicle seat, and
has an impeding mechanism that impedes the tabletop, in a case in which the tabletop has slid toward the vehicle front side, sliding toward a vehicle rear side due to rebound.

2. The passenger protecting device of a vehicle with a table of claim 1 , wherein the tabletop is structured so as to slide toward the vehicle front side due to inertial force or action of a mechanical mechanism.

3. The passenger protecting device of claim 2 , wherein the mechanical mechanism is a tension coil spring or a pretensioner.

4. The passenger protecting device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an airbag that inflates and expands between the tabletop, which has slid toward the vehicle front side, and a passenger seated in the vehicle seat.

5. The passenger protecting device of claim 4 , wherein the airbag is structured so as to be able to restrain at least a head and a chest region of the passenger.

6. The passenger protecting device of claim 4 , wherein the airbag is installed at a side door, the table, the vehicle seat, a ceiling of the vehicle cabin, a center console, or a seatbelt.

7. The passenger protecting device of claim 1 , wherein the impeding mechanism is structured by a stopper and a compression coil spring.

8. A passenger protecting device of a vehicle with a table, comprising:
a vehicle seat provided at a floor of a vehicle cabin; and
a table provided at a vehicle front side of the vehicle seat, and having a tabletop structured so as to be able to slide toward a vehicle front side at a time of a front collision of a vehicle, wherein
the table:
is provided at the floor, and
has a restrictor that restricts the tabletop such that the tabletop does not slide toward the vehicle front side by greater than or equal to a predetermined amount.

9. The passenger protecting device of claim 8 , wherein the restrictor is a front plate.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Iwama Toshiki

Classifications

• B60N3/001 Primary

  of tables or trays · CPC title

• B60R2021/23153

  specially adapted for rear seat passengers · CPC title

• B60N3/002

  of trays · CPC title

• B60R21/20

  Arrangements for storing inflatable members in their non-use or deflated condition; Arrangement or mounting of air bag modules or components · CPC title

• B60R21/231

  characterised by their shape, construction or spatial configuration · CPC title