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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2009
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Akira Kokeguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Kokeguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An occupant restraint apparatus includes an airbag that inflates toward the front of an occupant and an inflatable seatbelt having at least an inflatable shoulder belt section. The shoulder belt is fastened on the front side of the occupant's upper body. The airbag includes a right airbag section and a left airbag section that inflate toward the right front and the left front, respectively, of the occupant. When the airbag and the shoulder belt section are both inflated and the airbag receives the occupant, the inflated shoulder belt section enters a hollow space provided between the ends of the right airbag section and the left airbag section. Thus, the apparatus prevents or suppresses discharge of gas from the airbag caused when the inflated shoulder belt section pushes the airbag inward before the airbag receives the occupant.