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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2021
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Yusuke Kojima, Kiyosu, JP;
Tadashi Yamada, Kiyosu, JP;
Takashi Iida, Kiyosu, JP;
Hajime Kitte, Kiyosu, JP;
Kenichi Fukurono, Kiyosu, JP;
Joji Aoyama, Kiyosu, JP;
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
An occupant protection apparatus includes a driver. The driver includes a drive unit, a support shaft, a movable seat pan supported by the support shaft such that the movable seat pan is inclinable in a front-rear direction, a guide groove, a movement pin that is movable along the guide groove, a link that couples the movable seat pan to the movement pin, and an energy absorber. The guide groove includes a first guide groove portion in which the movement pin moves when the movable seat pan is inclined rearward and a second guide groove portion in which the movement pin moves when the movable seat pan is inclined forward. The energy absorber is configured to absorb at least part of a forward load from an occupant when the movement pin moves in the second guide groove portion.