Abstract: An occupant crash protection includes: a seatbelt that restrains a front-seat occupant sitting in a front seat; a retractor that is installed inside a seatback of the front seat and reels in one end side of the seatbelt, inserted inside the seatback, so as to allow the seatbelt to be pulled out; and a rear-seat airbag module that is installed inside the seatback, on a seat rear side relative to the seatbelt, and inflates and deploys an airbag toward the seat rear side of the seatback while inflating a part of the airbag toward a seat front side so as to press the seatbelt toward the seat front side.

Abstract: The airbag includes a bag body that deploys and inflates to cover the interior side of the window, and a strap having an upper end attached to an upper window frame, a lower end attached to a lateral frame, and an intermediate portion connected to the body. The strap has an insertion portion, which is inserted through the insertion hole of the body, on the intermediate portion, so that the part from the upper end to the insertion portion is an outer side portion, which is placed on the outside of the body in the inflated state, and the part from the insertion portion to the lower end is an inner side portion. When the inflation of the body is completed, the inner side portion is pressed to the inside of the vehicle by the front edge side inflation portion, and generates tension in the strap and the body.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a roof and an airbag supported by the roof. The airbag is inflatable downwardly from the roof to an inflated position surrounding a seatback. The airbag has non-inflatable panels and inflatable chambers in alternating arrangement around the seatback in the inflated position. A widest one of the non-inflatable panels is adjacent the back of the seatback in the inflated position. The widest one of the non-inflatable panels is wider in a horizontal plane that the other non-inflatable panels.

Abstract: A vehicle seat may have a seat part and a backrest. At least the seat part or the backrest may have a frame. The frame may have at least one frame side part. The frame side part may have an embossing for attaching a gas pressure generator for an airbag.

Abstract: An airbag module reduces abrupt sideward and forward movement of an occupant in the case of an impact. The airbag module has an airbag which can be inflated by a gas generator in the case of the onset of an accident situation. The airbag includes a main restraining chamber and an additional restraining chamber which are connected to one another by a passage opening. The main restraining chamber, in an inflated state, restrains sideward movement of an occupant. The additional restraining chamber, in the inflated state, unfurls, starting from the main restraining chamber, at least with a section in front of the occupant and to restrain at least a forward movement of the occupant. The additional restraining chamber and the main restraining chamber are arranged to overlap one another at least partially in the sense that they are configured at least partially behind one another in side view.

Abstract: A side airbag device includes an inflator; and a bag-shaped airbag inflatable and deployable in response to a gas upon activation of the inflator. The airbag includes a torso protection portion inflatable and deployable in a space beside a torso of the occupant, a support portion provided on a console box side of the torso protection portion and configured to be pushed onto a top surface of the console box in an inflated and deployed state, and a hip protection portion inflatable and deployable between a hip of the occupant and a lateral portion of the console box. The support portion and the hip protection portion are defined by a continuous chamber. The inflator is positioned from above to below the support portion in a side view of the vehicle. The airbag is mounted on a lateral portion of the vehicle seat via the inflator.

Abstract: An occupant protection apparatus includes an airbag, an upper holder, and a tension member. The airbag is disposed along side surfaces of a seat from an upper part of the seat into space under a seat surface. The upper holder is configured to hold an upper part of the airbag and disposed between and above shoulders of an occupant to sit on the seat in a right-to-left direction. The tension member is configured to, upon deployment of the airbag, apply a tensional force to a lower part of the deploying airbag to pull the lower part in a direction opposite to a side surface on which the airbag is deployed.

Abstract: A vehicle occupant restraining device, comprising: a pair of air bags; an inner bag housed in at least one of the pair of air bags, is in communication with the at least one of the air bags, and is inflated and deployed inside the at least one of the air bags, on the sides of the body of a vehicle occu-pant; and a pair of pieces of tension cloth housed so as to extend along the respective sides of a housed pair of air bags, which are located on the opposite sides of the vehicle occupant, and then through the inside of the seat back of a seat into a seat cushion, wherein the inner bag completes inflation and deployment before the at least one of the air bags does, and the pair of pieces of tension cloth is deployed on the sides of the seat.

Abstract: A motor vehicle includes a body that forms a vehicle interior, where a front seat row and a rear seat row are formed in the vehicle interior. A rear seat of the rear seat row is disposed adjacent to a side wall of the body and the rear seat has a backrest. A side part of the rear seat is disposed between the backrest and the side wall. An airbag module is disposed in the side part and extends approximately parallel to the backrest and at least over a length of the backrest and an airbag guide sack surrounds the airbag module. The airbag module and the airbag guide sack are fastened to a carrier shell and the carrier shell is attached to the body.

Abstract: Provided are an airbag in which an airbag main body section can be effectively unfolded inside a vehicle compartment. The airbag includes an airbag main body section formed in a bag shape, and a gas introduction section that communicates with the airbag main body section, and to which gas is supplied. The airbag main body section in a folded state has a first roll fold section formed by folding a tip side in an unfolding direction, and a second roll fold section formed by folding at least a portion on a base end side in the unfolding direction from the first roll fold section, and having a roll center at a position different from a roll center of the first roll fold section.

Abstract: A bracket for a vehicle includes a first surface that defines support ribs and a second surface. A cantilevered end defines an attachment aperture. A retention feature is coupled to an upper edge of the cantilevered end and defines a retention notch. A central portion defines an arcuate notch and a fastening aperture. An attachment end includes a coupling feature that extends outwardly from the first surface.

Abstract: A knee protection airbag device includes an airbag. When the air bag is accommodated, an occupant side wall portion and a vehicle body side wall portion are overlapped and expanded flatly and roll-folding is performed such that an upper edge side of a knee receiving portion side approaches a lower edge side of the mounting portion side, end side portions on left and right sides of the roll-folded roll folding portion are formed as folded portions which fold over a central portion near a center in a left-right direction of the roll folding portion to form a folding completed body. A joining between a first overlapping portion and a tip side part of the airbag is released when an inflation gas flows into the airbag and when a fold of a first fold is canceled and the first overlapping portion deviates from a rear area of the central portion.

Abstract: A side airbag device includes an airbag including a first inflation portion fixed to a seat and a second inflation portion inclining toward an occupant with respect to the first inflation portion. The airbag includes an occupant side panel disposed on an occupant side, a non-occupant side panel disposed opposite the occupant side panel, and a strip connection panel connecting a peripheral edge of the occupant side panel and a peripheral edge of the non-occupant side panel. The non-occupant side panel is spaced from the occupant side panel in a vehicle width direction. The connection panel includes a bend portion between a first peripheral edge portion connected to a first part of the peripheral edge of the occupant side panel defining the first inflation portion and a second peripheral edge portion connected to a second part of the peripheral edge of the occupant side panel defining the second inflation portion, or in the second peripheral edge portion.

Abstract: There is a need for solutions for efficiently and reliably perform sensor-based predictive data analysis. This need can be addressed by, for example, solutions for performing cross-sensor predictive data analysis. In one example, a method for performing cross-sensor predictive data analysis includes identifying sensor input data objects comprising one or more image data objects; determining sensor feature data objects based on the sensor input data objects; generating predictions for a target predictive entity associated with the sensor input data objects by processing the sensor feature data objects using a cross-sensor predictive inference model; and performing prediction-based actions based on the cross-sensor predictions.

Abstract: A roof rail assembly for a motor vehicle having an open frame vehicle architecture includes a side air curtain fixedly coupled with a sports tube via a first fastener oriented at a first angle relative a horizontal transverse plane of the sports tube. A roof rail trim cover is coupled with the sports tube via a second fastener oriented at a second angle, wherein the first angle and the second angle are not parallel. A cover member depends from the roof rail trim cover and includes a plurality of parallel hinges integrally molded into the cover member. A releasable opening is disposed parallel to the plurality of parallel hinges. Activation of the side air curtain rotates the cover member about the plurality of parallel hinges to open the releasable opening to allow passage of side air curtain through an opening.

Abstract: A seat-mounted airbag device may include a seatback cushion built in a seatback of a vehicle. The seatback cushion includes side portions configured to be deployed from both side peripheral portions of a seat to a front of the seat to protect sides of an occupant when deployed by gas supplied by an inflator into the seatback cushion. Chest portions of the seatback cushion extend from front ends of the side portions to surround a chest of the occupant to protect the chest of the occupant. The airbag device includes one or more seatback tethers connected to a seat frame and mounted in the seat. When the seatback cushion is deployed, the seatback tethers are deployed along with the seatback cushion to support the chest in a top-bottom direction thereof, thereby supporting an upper body of the occupant.

Abstract: An assembly includes a seatback. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the seatback and inflatable to an inflated position seat-forward of the seatback. The airbag includes a first tether fixed to the seatback and the airbag. The airbag includes a retractor. The airbag includes a second tether connected to and slidable along the first tether. The second tether is operatively coupled to the retractor.

Abstract: A side airbag apparatus includes an airbag that is configured to be deployed and inflated between a body side portion of a vehicle and an occupant seated in a seat in a passenger compartment by a pressure of gas supplied from an inflator. The airbag includes an outer bag and an inner bag, which is provided in the outer bag and accommodates the inflator. The inner bag includes an upper-side inflation portion, which projects forward when inflated to correspond to the shoulder of the occupant, a lower-side inflation portion, which projects forward when inflated to correspond to the lumbar region of the occupant, and a recessed portion, which is provided between the upper-side inflation portion and the lower-side inflation portion. The inner bag includes a connecting hole that connects the inside and the outside of the inner bag to each other.

Abstract: A seat airbag for a vehicle is installed in a side part of a seat back and an airbag cushion thereof is deployed forward. A front portion of the cushion is divided into a head chamber disposed at an upper location, a chest chamber disposed at a central location and a pelvis chamber disposed at a lower location. The airbag protects a vehicle occupant while wrapping around the occupant with use of a first tether to a fourth tether that are integrally formed into a single string and connect the respective chambers to each other.

Abstract: A seat includes a seatback and an armrest supported by the seatback. The armrest is rotatable relative to the seatback to a deployed position. A swing bar is supported by the armrest and is rotatable relative to the armrest to a downward position. The swing bar in the downward position is elongated downwardly from the armrest. A drive belt is indexed with the armrest and the swing bar to rotate the swing bar to the downward position when the armrests rotates to the deployed position.

Abstract: A far side side airbag device provided on the side part in the center in the width direction of a backrest portion of either of separated seats arranged in the width direction of a vehicle, which restrains the movement of an occupant. A cushion and an inflator expands and deploys the cushion. The cushion has a first portion and a second portion that expand and deploy onto the front surface of each of the adjacent separated seats when a signal is received to restrain the occupant and capture the side part of the occupant, and a center portion provided in between the first portion and the second portion. A protruding part is formed on the center portion in order to capture the head of the occupant.

Abstract: An airbag which is a constituent of a side airbag device installed in the vehicle seat according to the present invention is provided with a main chamber which deploys toward the front of a side support portion of the seat, and a sub-chamber which accommodates an inflator and which deploys at a position inward of the main chamber in the width direction of the vehicle. The main chamber is divided, by means of a baffle panel, into a main front chamber at the front, and a main rear chamber at the rear. The sub-chamber is linked to the main rear chamber at a side in the width direction of the vehicle. When the airbag is deployed, the baffle panel extends along a front edge of the sub-chamber, as viewed from the width direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: An airbag includes an airbag body having a first expansion portion, a second expansion portion, a first non-expanding part, and a second non-expanding part. While the airbag body is in a deployed state, the first expansion portion is disposed on a side of an occupant; the second expansion portion is disposed at a front side of the first expansion portion and is enlarged downward with respect to the first expansion portion; the first non-expanding part includes a first extending part extending downward from an upper part of the second expansion portion and a second extending part extending upward from a lower part of the second expansion portion, and has an opening between a tip of the first extending part and a tip of the second extending part; and the second non-expanding part is disposed rearwardly apart from the opening and extends at least partially along the first non-expanding part.

Abstract: A housing for storing an inflatable airbag includes a first portion and a second portion that cooperate to at least partially define a chamber for storing the inflatable airbag. A hinge portion connects the first portion to the second portion such that the second portion is pivotable about the hinge portion from a closed position for retaining the inflatable airbag within the chamber to an open position for deployment of the inflatable airbag from the chamber. A sacrificial seam connects the first portion and the second portion when the inflatable airbag is stored within the chamber. The sacrificial seam includes a plurality of connection members breakable in response to a pressure from within the chamber from initial inflation of the inflatable airbag. The connection members each extend across the sacrificial seam in a first direction between the first and second portions of the housing and are configured to have a predetermined failure area adjacent one of the first portion and the second portion.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a side airbag apparatus capable of quickly and properly restraining a passenger in the initial stage of deploying an airbag, along with a passenger protection apparatus including this side airbag apparatus. [Resolution means] The airbag employed in the present invention includes: a first chamber (C1) which houses the inflator and is deployed outside in the vehicle width direction of the frame side wall part; a second chamber (C2) which is deployed inside in the vehicle width direction of the frame side wall part; and a gas guide (100) arranged so as to surround the inflator inside the first chamber. In addition, the first chamber (C1) is deployed such that at least a portion thereof, as seen from the vehicle side, overlaps the frame side wall part. A first inner vent is formed at the boundary part between the gas guide and the first chamber, with gas introduced from the gas guide to the first chamber via this first inner vent.

Abstract: The side airbag device is composed of a cushion that expands and deploys toward the front of the vehicle in the vehicle cabin to restrain an occupant seated in a seat from the side, and an inflater that is encased in the cushion and supplies the gas that expands and deploys the cushion, wherein the cushion is provided with a first panel facing the side position of the occupant in an expanded and deployed state and a second panel joined to the first panel positioned on the opposite side of the occupant, of the first panel and second panel, an insertion hole is provided at a position near the rear end of one of the panels and a stud bolt is inserted to fasten the inflater to the vehicle structure, and the cushion is attached to the wall facing toward the front of the vehicle.

Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle includes a vehicle body having an opening. The assembly includes a track supported by the vehicle body. The track extends along the opening. The assembly includes an airbag supported by the vehicle body. The airbag is slidably engaged with the track. The airbag is inflatable across the opening and along the track to an inflated position. The assembly includes a pyrotechnic device supported by the vehicle body and connected to the airbag. The airbag is slidable along the track by the pyrotechnic device to the inflated position.

Abstract: A side airbag device capable of preventing interference between a harness and an airbag is provided between a vehicle body and a seat. The side airbag device includes an airbag module including an inflatable airbag and an inflator supplying a gas into the airbag, a base member including an airbag storage portion having a concave shape and storing the airbag module and is attached between a vehicle body door and the seat, and a retainer member holding the airbag storage portion from the rear side of the vehicle body. The base member includes a first through hole through which a harness of the inflator is inserted and a flange which is formed in the periphery of the first through hole. The retainer member includes a second through hole through which the harness of the inflator is inserted and which is provided at a position facing the first through hole.

Abstract: A roof airbag apparatus may include: a first-row deployment part deployed from the front to the rear of a roof so as to cover a front area, when gas is supplied from a gas supply part; a second-row deployment part coupled to a front end of the first-row deployment part so as to communicate with the first-row deployment part, and configured to cover a rear area which is deployed to the rear when the first-row deployment part is deployed; and an auxiliary deployment part coupled to a top or bottom surface of the first-row deployment part so as to communicate with the first-row deployment part, and configured to increase/decrease the top-to-bottom thickness of the first-row deployment part, when deployed.

Abstract: An airbag assembly for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable airbag, a tether, and at least one guide member. The tether controls deployment of the inflatable airbag. The tether has a fixed length between a first end and a second end. The at least one guide member slidably receives the tether such that the tether has a first adjustable length portion between the first end and the at least one guide member and the tether has a second adjustable length portion between the second end and the at least one guide member.

Abstract: A side airbag apparatus includes: an airbag cushion having a rear end configured to be secured to a side surface of a seat and a front end configured to move forwards while the airbag cushion is deployed forwards when gas is injected into the airbag cushion; at least one support tether having a first side coupled to a side surface of the seat to be rotatable about a rotating shaft extending in a direction parallel to a side of the seat, and extending in a longitudinal direction; and at least one outer tether having a first end coupled to a second side of the support tether, and a second end extending in the longitudinal direction and coupled to the front end of the airbag cushion.

Abstract: Airbag cushion modules and vehicles comprising lever elements to facilitate opening adjacent vehicle structures. Some embodiments may comprise curtain airbag cushion assemblies comprising an inflator and a curtain airbag cushion fluidly coupled with the inflator. The curtain airbag cushion may be configured to deploy in a deployment direction adjacent to a vehicle door. A lever member may be coupled, operably and/or physically, with the curtain airbag cushion and may be configured to pivot during deployment of the curtain airbag cushion using forces generated from inflation of the curtain airbag cushion to pry an adjacent portion of a vehicle interior open during deployment.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an airbag device for a vehicle. The airbag device comprises: an airbag cushion which is formed in a shawl shape and deployed toward both sides of a passenger so as to wrap and restrain the entire upper body around both shoulders of the passenger when a vehicle collides; and an inflator for generating gas and supplying the gas to the airbag cushion in response to an impact detection signal when the vehicle collides. Accordingly, when a vehicle collides, the shawl-shaped airbag cushion installed on the back of a seat is inflated and deployed to restrain the both sides and front area of the upper body of a passenger around both shoulders of the passenger, thereby safely protecting the passenger.

Abstract: A curtain airbag system of a vehicle is provided and omits a front or rear pillar area of a roof/side frame for a space for accommodating an airbag cushion. The airbag cushion is guided by a connection tether for a deployment direction to deploy the airbag cushion to a protection zone for an occupant. Additionally, the airbag cushion is folded in a zigzag form to expose the connection tether, thereby guiding the airbag cushion for the deployment direction and securing a deployment speed.

Abstract: An airbag module for protecting an occupant of a vehicle seat. The module includes an inflatable cushion and an inflator. The cushion is configured to inflate into a position inboard of the vehicle seat and includes a first inflatable chamber fluidly connected to a second inflatable chamber. The cushion is configured to inflate into a position in which the first inflatable chamber is in a position to absorb energy resulting from relative movement of the torso of the occupant in a direction lateral to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle. The second inflatable chamber is configured to inflate into a position to absorb energy resulting from relative movement of the head of the occupant.

Abstract: An airbag package includes a one-piece woven airbag in a folded shape, a plurality of markers that are formed on the airbag, and a plurality of tape members that are bound around the airbag at locations of the markers for keeping the folded shape of the airbag. Each of the markers is composed of a weave structure that is different from that of surroundings in the airbag.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat (1) comprising a seat cushion (2) and a seatback (3), the seatback comprises a seatback frame (20) including a right and a left side member (24) extending vertically, a side airbag unit (30) attached to one of the side members, a flexible seatback pad (21) provided with a pad side slit (44) to permit an airbag to be deployed opposite to the side airbag unit, a skin member (22) having a skin side slit (51) in a part thereof corresponding to the pad side slit, and a retaining sheet (60) connected to a part of a back side of the seatback pad opposing the side member, and to the side member so as to fixedly secure a position of the seatback pad relative to the side member.

Abstract: Far-side inflatable airbag assemblies are disclosed to be installed to deploy adjacent an occupant during a far-side collision event or a far-side oblique collision event, and may retain the occupant at the occupant's vehicle occupant position to protect the occupant from collision with structures within the vehicle, as well as from collisions with other occupants of the vehicle. The far-side inflatable airbag assemblies of the present disclosure may be particularly beneficial when installed between vehicle occupant positions of the vehicle.

Abstract: A throat and fill tube protection device for an inflatable airbag includes a first portion, a second portion and an overlapping region. The first portion is a generally Y-shaped portion with a first arm and a second arm connected at a base. The first arm defines an inlet for receiving an inflator. The second arm defines a first channel for directing a first portion of the inflation gases in a first direction. The second portion defines a second channel for directing a second portion of the inflation gases in a second direction. The second direction is generally opposite the first direction. The overlapping region is cooperatively defined by first and second overlapping areas of the first and second portions, respectively.

Abstract: There is provided a metal encapsulation structure and a production method thereof, an encapsulation method for a display panel, and a display device. This production method comprises steps of: providing a metal film having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; forming a silane film on the first surface of the metal film, wherein a surface of the silane film away from the metal film has an active group; and attaching the first surface formed with the silane film to an adhesive layer, so as to react and bond the active group and the adhesive layer.

Abstract: A curtain airbag apparatus may include: a cushion part disposed at the top of a pillar part; one or more guide members connected to the cushion part and configured to fix the cushion part to a vehicle body; and a cushion moving part connected to the cushion part, disposed between the guide members and the vehicle body, fixed to the guide members, and configured to deform the guide members to move the cushion part to an indoor side of the vehicle body, while inflated by gas injected from an inflator.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a vehicle side airbag apparatus which can eliminate the operation of joining baffles sectioning the inside of a side airbag into three chambers, facilitate and simplify the assembly operation thereof, easily and skillfully manufacture the side airbag, and improve productivity. [Resolution Means] In the state in which a side airbag is folded and stored, each of first and second baffles 5, 6 is provided facing each other in the width direction of the vehicle such that two surfaces on both sides of a ridge line Q extending in the longitudinal direction of this baffle are able to at least partially overlap each other, the side airbag includes a baffle intersection which is formed by allowing the first baffle to cross the second baffle, and this baffle intersection is partially formed at a predetermined position of the ridge line of the second baffle, in addition to having a crossover opening 16 at which the first baffle penetrates through the second baffle.

Abstract: An occupant restraint system for a seat of a vehicle. The occupant restraint system includes at least a first airbag deployable and at least a first tensioning member. The first airbag is deployable from the seat. The first tensioning member has a first portion for receiving inflation gases and a second portion attachable to the seat at a mounting location. The tensioning member including a least a first webbing elongated between the first portion and the second portion. The first webbing is at least partially constructed of a first inflatable tubular webbing adapted to receive inflation gases for tensioning the tensioning member and delivering inflation gases to the airbag upon airbag deployment.

Abstract: A head protecting airbag device is adapted to be mounted on a vehicle provided with an assist grip that is mounted on an upper edge of a window by front and rear attachment portions. An airbag includes a gas inflow portion which is inflatable with an inflation gas and a non-inflow portion which admits no inflation gas. The gas inflow portion includes a shielding portion which covers an area of the window below the assist grip. The non-inflow portion includes a thickness regulating portion which regulates the thickness of the shielding portion when the airbag is inflated. In the shielding portion, the thickness regulating portion is disposed on a front upper portion of the shielding portion below the front attachment portion of the assist grip, and is not disposed below the rear attachment portion of the assist grip.

Abstract: Problem: To provide a side airbag apparatus which can prevent the deterioration of the neck damage value of a passenger during a side collision or sufficiently protect the waist of the passenger. Resolution Means: A side airbag apparatus 100 installed in a vehicle, including: a bag shaped cushion 114 which is housed in a seat back 104 of a vehicle seat 102 and expanded and deployed on the side of the vehicle seat utilizing gas supplied from an inflator 116; and a holding part 128 for retaining the shape in the housed state of the cushion, wherein the cushion is wound or folded in a long shape in the vertical direction of the vehicle and housed in the seat back in the shape with the upper part 126 thereof further folded back to the anterior of the vehicle, and wherein the holding part retains the upper part or lower part of the cushion which is folded back to the anterior of the vehicle.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat equipped with a far-side airbag device, an inner side frame is disposed inside a side part of a seat back that is a part on a center side in a vehicle width direction. An inflator, and a side airbag that inflates and deploys toward a vehicle front side when gas is supplied from the inflator housed inside, are mounted on an outer side in the vehicle width direction relative to the inner side frame. Here, a support part that extends farther toward the vehicle front side than a front end, in a vehicle front-rear direction, of an outer side frame provided inside a side part of the seat back that is a part on the outer side in the vehicle width direction, is disposed at a front end, in the vehicle front-rear direction, of the inner side frame.

Abstract: Disclosed is a side airbag for vehicles including a first cushion coupled to one side of a seat, the first cushion extending from the side surface of the seat in a forward-rearward direction to cover a passenger at the side of the passenger when deployed, an inflator fixed to the seat, the inflator being configured to supply gas to the first cushion, a second cushion connected to the first cushion, the second cushion being bent from the first cushion toward the passenger and extending in a lateral direction, the second cushion being deployed by the gas supplied from the first cushion, and a support tether having one end fixedly coupled to the second cushion and the other end fixedly coupled to the seat, wherein the support tether is bent so as to be slidably coupled to the first cushion between one end and the other end thereof.

Abstract: A side airbag apparatus has an inflatable side airbag, an inflator which supplies the side airbag with gas, a base member in which the folded side airbag and inflator are accommodated, and a harness connected to the inflator to supply it with power for ignition. The base member has a backside surface which faces an inside of the seat, a frontside surface, a protrusion portion formed on the frontside surface, and a harness supporting portion below the protrusion portion which fixes a portion of the harness so as to restrict lateral and vertical movements of the harness relative to the frontside surface.

Abstract: An occupant protection device for a vehicle includes a collision predictor, a main airbag, a seat, a sub-airbag, and a deployment controller. The collision predictor is configured to predict a collision of the vehicle. The main airbag is configured to deploy toward an occupant from a front of the vehicle when a collision of the vehicle is predicted by the collision predictor. The seat allows the occupant to be seated, and is movable in a front-back direction of the vehicle. The sub-airbag is accommodated in an upper part of the seat, and configured to deploy downward from above the occupant. The deployment controller is configured to, when a collision of the vehicle is predicted by the collision predictor, cause the sub-airbag to deploy from the upper part of the seat and subsequently cause the main airbag to deploy.

Abstract: The invention relates to a restraint device, in particular for a motor vehicle, for reducing an abrupt sideward movement of an occupant in the case of an impact with an airbag which is inflatable by means of a gas generator when an accident situation occurs. It is provided that the airbag has at least one side chamber and one shoulder chamber which are connected together, wherein in the inflated state of the airbag the side chamber and the shoulder chamber form different main extension planes which run at an angle to one another. An anchoring strap is fastened at one end to the shoulder chamber and at the other end to the vehicle seat. The shoulder chamber comprises two regions which transition into one another and which together form a reverse U-shape, the base thereof in the inflated state of the shoulder chamber forming the upper end thereof.