Occupant protection device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9896007-B2
Application number	US-201615173028-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 3, 2016
Priority date	Aug 3, 2015
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an occupant protection device including: side support sections pair provided at a seat width direction left and right of a seatback; an outside bag body, provided inside an outside side support section out of the side support sections pair which is disposed at a window section side, that displaces the outside side support section by gas being supplied to and inflating an interior portion of the outside bag body; an inside bag body, provided inside an inside side support section out of the side support sections pair which is disposed at opposite side of the outside side support section, that displaces the inside side support section by gas being supplied to and inflating an interior portion of the inside bag body; and a communicating connection member that places the outside bag body and the inside bag body in communication.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An occupant protection device comprising:
a pair of side support sections provided at a seat width direction left and right of a seatback of a vehicle, a side pad being included inside each of the side support sections;
a pair of movable plates respectively provided inside the side support sections abutting the respective side pad at a seat width direction outer side of the side pad, the movable plates being capable of swinging along a vehicle width direction;
an outside bag body, provided inside an outside side support section out of the pair of side support sections which is disposed at a window section side of the vehicle, that displaces the outside side support section by gas being supplied to and inflating an interior portion of the outside bag body;
an inside bag body, provided inside an inside side support section out of the pair of the side support sections which is disposed at opposite side of the outside side support section, that displaces the inside side support section by gas being supplied to and inflating an interior portion of the inside bag body;
a communicating connection member that places the outside bag body and the inside bag body in communication with each other,
wherein the outside bag body and the inside bag body are each provided between an inside wall at a seat width direction central side of a frame section that configures the seat and the movable plate;

a crash safety sensor that predicts or detects a collision of the vehicle; and
a controller that supplies gas to one of the outside bag body and the inside bag body, whichever is disposed at a side near to a collision position, based on a result of a prediction or detection by the crash safety sensor.

2. The occupant protection device of claim 1 , further comprising an open/close valve provided so as to be capable of opening or closing between the outside bag body and the inside bag body, and that, by opening, places the outside bag body and the inside bag body in communication with each other through the communicating connection member.

3. The occupant protection device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a pump disposed inside the inside side support section;
an outside bag body connection member, connected to the pump and the outside bag body, that supplies gas from the pump to the outside bag body; and
an inside bag body connection member, connected to the pump and the inside bag body, that supplies gas from the pump to the inside bag body,
wherein the cross-sectional area of a flow path of the communicating connection member is set smaller than the cross-sectional area of a flow path of the outside bag body connection member and the cross-sectional area of a flow path of the inside bag body connection member.

Assignees

• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ohno Mitsuyoshi

Classifications

• B60R2021/0023

  Offset collision · CPC title

• B60R2021/23107

  the bag being integrated in a multi-bag system · CPC title

• B60R21/013 Primary

  including means for detecting collisions, impending collisions or roll-over · CPC title

• B60R2021/23146

  seat mounted · CPC title

• B60N2/44 Primary

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic