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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2006
Yuji Sato, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshinori Tanase, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tomonori Miyatake, Toyota, JP;
Kenichi Asano, Nisshin, JP;
Naomi Fukushima, Mishima, JP;
Yuji Sato, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toshinori Tanase, Aichi-ken, JP;
Tomonori Miyatake, Toyota, JP;
Kenichi Asano, Nisshin, JP;
Naomi Fukushima, Mishima, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota-shi, Aichi-ken, JP;
Abstract
An occupant protection device is applied to a vehicle including a front seat and a rear seat, and includes a first protection device and a second protection device. The first protection device includes a first gas generator and a first side airbag, which is inflated and deployed between an occupant seated in the front seat and a side portion of the vehicle by gas generated by the first gas generator. The second protection device includes a second gas generator and a second side airbag, which is inflated and deployed between an occupant seated in the rear seat and a side portion of the vehicle by gas generated by the second gas generator. The thickness of the inflated second side airbag in the vehicle width direction is set greater than the thickness of the inflated first side airbag in the vehicle width direction.