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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2006
Hideo Tobata, Yokosuka, JP;
Kouichi Oota, Yamato, JP;
Daisuke Masuda, Zama, JP;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
To provide a passenger protective device and method that can achieve a stable protective performance even when deploying the airbag from the seat belt, thus allowing for appropriate restraint of the passenger's head. Passenger protective devicemakes the timing in which the internal pressure of thigh airbagpeaks slower than the timing in which the internal pressure of head airbagpeaks. In addition, it also makes the timing in which the capacity of thigh airbagreaches the maximum slower than the timing in which the capacity of head airbagreaches the maximum. In this manner, the passenger's head, which moves due to inertial force, is caught by head airbagand head airbagis supported by thigh airbag, which is softer than said airbag. Therefore, the passenger's head can be caught softly.