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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 24, 2003
Shigeki Hayashi, Kasugai, JP;
Makoto Nagano, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Hattori, Aichi-gun, JP;
Hideyuki Murasato, Nisshin, JP;
Makoto Sekizuka, Toyota, JP;
Shigeki Hayashi, Kasugai, JP;
Makoto Nagano, Toyota, JP;
Tatsuya Hattori, Aichi-gun, JP;
Hideyuki Murasato, Nisshin, JP;
Makoto Sekizuka, Toyota, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
An occupant protection device includes an airbagthat is inflated with gas from an inflatorat a side of an occupant B to protect the body of the occupant B from the shoulder Ba to the lumbar Bd, the airbaghaving substantially the same vertical dimension as that of a seat back Aa. In this occupant protection device, uninflatable sectionsandare formed in a vertical center portionof the airbag, that is, at a position corresponding to the chest Bb and the abdomen Bc of the occupant B. Accordingly, a region which is thinner than an upper portionand a lower portionof the airbagin a vehicle width direction when the airbagis inflated and that extends substantially parallel to the seat back Aa is formed substantially at the center of the airbag