Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Takata Corporation

Other

Toyota Jidosha K.k.

Atsushi Hiroshige

Akira Kokeguchi

Makoto Sekizuka

Koji Hiramatsu

Toshiaki Iwasaki

Shunichi Katsumata

Takuya Nezaki

Tsuyoshi Fujiwara

Yoji Suyama

Hiroshi Tamura

Toshiro Koyanagi

Katsumi Nawata

Takanobu Nakaguro

Toshihiro Tsuemoto

Hiroki Yamasaki

Katsumi Kato

Yoshinobu Sawamoto

An objective is to inflate an inflation portion to an upward position, corresponding with a temple area of an occupant, at the time of a side impact. At a shoulder portion of a seatbackof a vehicle seat, there is an inflation-time cross-sectional shape regulation component, through which an occupant restraint webbingpasses. The occupant restraint webbinghas an inflation portionthat corresponds with a cephalic regionH of an occupantat the time of inflation. At the time of inflation of the inflation portion, the inflation-time cross-sectional shape regulation componentregulates such that a cross-sectional shape of the inflation portionis an oblong shape which is long in a vertical direction. Therefore, an inflated shape of the inflation portionis regulated by the inflation-time cross-sectional shape regulation componentat the time of the side impact, and the inflation portioncan be caused to inflate up to a position corresponding with a temple portionS of the occupant. Thus, inertial force in a vehicle lateral direction of the cephalic regionH of the occupantcan be absorbed by the inflation portion

Airbelt apparatus for vehicle

A vehicle interior structure that may realize a more amenable vehicle interior space by making communication between occupants sitting on a pair of vehicle seats easier. The vehicle interior structure includes: a pair of vehicle seats; and a sound-reflecting communication unit for conveying a sound produced from occupants sitting, respectively, on the pair of vehicle seats to the other occupant, while reflecting and converging the sound. The sound-reflecting communication unit forms a concave shape along a virtual ellipse, focuses of which are respectively at positions of heads of the occupants.

Vehicle interior structure

An inflatable member is restricted to expand outwardly in the vehicle width direction and allowed to expand upwardly to a position facing a side of an occupant's head when a lateral collision occurs. A belt guide mounted on the shoulder portion of a seat back guides a restraint webbing, including an inflatable member that is provided for supporting the head of a vehicle occupant when inflated, and allows a guide hole to be vertically enlarged by being projected upwardly in the vehicle vertical direction when the inflatable member is inflated. The inflatable member is thereby expanded so as to form a vertically extended shape regulated by the guide hole and disposed to an upward position facing the side of the occupant's head when a lateral collision occurs.

Vehicle airbelt apparatus

The disclosed air belt can protect a vehicle occupant in the event of an emergency. The disclosed air belt may include a folded back body formed by folding back a bag-shaped belt into a belt like shape and an extendable cover covering the folded back body. An inner surface of the cover can be bonded to an outer surface of the folded back body with a bonding agent. The bonding agent can be bonded in a scattered point-like manner.

Air belt apparatus

An occupant restraining apparatus includes a seat belt with an inflatable portion that can be placed at a high position on a lateral side of an occupant's head without using a large-capacity inflator. A push-up device with first and second levers for pushing up a shoulder belt section is provided on an upper side of a seatback. When the shoulder belt section is inflated, upper arm portions arranged on an upper side of the shoulder belt section are pressed upward, and the respective levers rotate upward about pivotably supporting portions. At this time, lower arm portions of the respective levers arranged on a lower side of the shoulder belt section rise and rotate, and a hanging member is tensed between the lower arm portions. Consequently, the inflated shoulder belt section is pushed upward, and is placed at a high position on the lateral side of the occupant's head.

Occupant restraining apparatus

A child seat is formed of a child seat main portion for holding a child, and a base on which the child seat main portion is detachably mounted. The base has a connecting portion to be connected to a vehicle, and a fixing device engageable with an engaging member of the child seat main portion. An engagement releasing member is installed in one of the base and the child seat main portion for releasing an engagement between the fixing device and the engaging member. In the child seat, a permission member is formed to cooperate with the connecting portion for allowing the child seat main portion to engage the base only when the base is connected to the vehicle. The child seat can be easily fixed to the vehicle.

Child seat

A child seat is formed of a child seat main portion for holding a child having an engaging member, and a base on which the child seat main portion is detachably mounted. The base has a connecting portion to be connected to a vehicle, and a fixing member to be engageable with the engaging member of the child seat main portion. An engagement releasing member is installed in the base or the child seat main portion for releasing an engagement between the fixing member and the engaging member. Since the base can be connected to the vehicle without the child seat main portion, the child seat can be extremely simply fixed to the vehicle.

A flange is formed at an upper edge of a lower arm, and the strength of an upper portion of the lower arm is set to be greater than the strength of a lower portion thereof. A fragile portion is formed in a longitudinally intermediate portion of the lower arm, and when an impact of a predetermined value or greater is applied in the rearward direction of the vehicle during a rear collision of the vehicle, the lower arm is adapted to absorb the impact by undergoing deformation beginning at the fragile portion. In addition, with respect to the load applied to the seat back from the rear by luggage or the like during a front collision of the vehicle, the deformation of the lower arm can be effectively suppressed by the flange.

Seat for vehicle

A seat belt device for a vehicle which improves shock absorbing force without reducing a space of an interior of a vehicle. An anchor upper cover of a slip joint is formed in the shape of a disk with an outer side thereof in a transverse direction of the vehicle being opened, and has a structure including a first wall which covers a head portion of an anchor bolt and including a second wall which faces the first wall in such a manner as to be disposed further toward the interior of the vehicle than the first wall with a sealed space of a predetermined width between the first wall and the second wall. A space formed between the first wall and the second wall is filled with a fluid having a low volume change, for example, water, oil or the like.

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Toyota, Japan

Atsushi Hiroshige