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Occupant protecting device

  • US 10,093,266 B2
  • Filed: 02/10/2017
  • Issued: 10/09/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An occupant protecting device comprising:

  • a seat provided in a vehicle, the seat including a seat cushion, a seat back, and a headrest, and the seat being provided with an air bag that inflates and deploys at least to a front and both of left and right sides of a head of a seated occupant; and

    a control device that in the case of having detected or predicted a collision of the vehicle, causes the air bag to inflate and deploy, and in the case that the seat is facing an opposite side to a collision side when the collision has been detected or predicted, delays a timing of causing the air bag to inflate and deploy more compared to in the case that the seat is facing the collision side, whereinthe device comprises a plurality of the seats, at least one of the plurality of seats is configured such that at least its front-rear orientation can be changed with respect to the vehicle, andthe control device includes a seat direction detecting sensor that detects the orientation of the at least one seat with respect to the vehicle.

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