US 11,718,258 B2
Occupant protection device for vehicle
Isamu Nagasawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/220,081.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-081572 (JP), filed on May 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0339697 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 21/207 (2006.01); B60R 21/233 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/207 (2013.01) [B60R 21/233 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An occupant protection device for a vehicle, the occupant protection device comprising:
a right bag body and a left bag body, the right and left bag bodies being accommodated along at least both right and left side portions of a seat back portion of a seat of the vehicle, each of the right and left bag bodies being configured to be deployed between both ends thereof fixed to the seat; and
an inflator configured to deploy the right bag body and the left bag body,
wherein, while being accommodated along at least both of the right and left side portions of the seat back portion of the seat of the vehicle, each of the right bag body and the left bag body comprises a bent portion between the both ends,
wherein the right bag body is accommodated in the seat back portion i) in a state where the right bag body is wound with the both ends located outside and the bent portion located inside and ii) in a state where the right bag body is wound clockwise from the both ends to the bent portion when viewed from above,
wherein the left bag body is accommodated in the seat back portion i) in a state where the left bag body is wound with the both ends located outside and the bent portion located inside when viewed from above and ii) in a state where the left bag body is wound counterclockwise from the both ends to the bent portion when viewed from above, and
wherein the right bag body and the left bag body are configured to be deployed in such a manner that the right bag body and the left bag body are unwound from a state of being accommodated to reach positions in front of an upper body of an occupant to be seated on the seat.