Vehicle occupant restraint device
US12134363B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 10, 2024 |
| Grant date | Nov 5, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 10, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2021/23384
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vehicle occupant restraint device, including: a driver's seat and a front passenger seat; a recognition device to recognize whether or not an occupant is seated at the front passenger seat; a center airbag; a regulating member provided at the interior of the center airbag to regulate a thickness of the center airbag to a thickness that is suitable at a time at which an occupant is seated at the front passenger seat; and a release device provided at the interior of the center airbag to release regulation by the regulating member, at a time at which a side-on collision of the vehicle is detected or at a time at which a side-on collision of the vehicle is predicted, in a case in which the recognition device has recognized that an occupant is not seated at the front passenger seat.
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