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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2017
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kazuki Sugie, Miyoshi, JP;
Masanobu Ohmi, Kasugai, JP;
Seiji Yamamoto, Seto, JP;
Yoshiaki Matsumura, Toyota, JP;
Kosuke Sakakibara, Toyota, JP;
Misato Kinoshita, Toyota, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An occupant protecting device including: a seat provided in a vehicle, the seat including a seat cushion, a seat back, and a headrest, and the seat being provided with an air bag that inflates and deploys at least to a front and both of left and right sides of a head of a seated occupant; and a control device that in the case of having detected or predicted a collision of the vehicle, causes the air bag to inflate and deploy, and in the case that the seat is facing an opposite side to a collision side when the collision has been detected or predicted, delays a timing of causing the air bag to inflate and deploy more compared to in the case that the seat is facing the collision side.