Title:
LATERAL IMPACT PROTECTION DEVICE FOR OCCUPANT IN VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3195911
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protection device of easy fitting and low-priced construction for protecting the occupants of the front seat and the rear seat of a vehicle from lateral impact.
SOLUTION: In this lateral impact protection device, a slender gas bag 10' for head part is extendingly provided from the side territories of a front seat occupant to the side territories of a rear seat occupant. One end of the gas bag is to a A-pillar 20, the other end is to a C-pillar 40, respectively fitted, and it is mounted curvedly in a circular arc state along a roof frame 30. A restraint member 38 such as a tape is wound around the bag spacedly in the longitudinal direction, and when it is expanded by being supplied with gas from a gas generator 60 at collision, the length in the longitudinal direction is shortened by action of the restraint member, so that it is extended straightly along-a side window so as to protect an occupant.
Inventors:
Michael schutz
Application Number:
JP7769197A
Publication Date:
August 06, 2001
Filing Date:
March 28, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TWR Occupant Restraint Systems Gesellschaft Mitt Beschlenktel Haftung
International Classes:
B60R21/08; B60R21/16; B60R21/231; B60R21/232; B60R21/2334; (IPC1-7): B60R21/22
Domestic Patent References:
| JP9156450A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Akira Asamura (3 outside)