AUTOMOBILE OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE
First Claim
1. An automobile occupant protection device comprising:
- a driver'"'"'s seat airbag that is provided at a steering wheel, and that is configured by a bag body that has a substantially flattened spherical shape in a state in which deployment has been completed in the event of a collision at an angle; and
a curtain airbag that is provided behind a ceiling of a vehicle cabin and that includes;
a main chamber configured by a bag body that has a curtain shape disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of a side window on a driver'"'"'s seat side in a state in which deployment has been completed in the event of a collision at an angle,an auxiliary chamber that is provided at a vehicle front side of the main chamber and that is disposed at a position bent toward the vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the main chamber as viewed along a vehicle up-down direction from an inner side of the vehicle cabin in a state in which deployment has been completed,a non-inflating portion that is disposed between the main chamber and the auxiliary chamber, anda first gas supply path that is provided at a vehicle up-down direction upper side of the non-inflating portion and that is capable of supplying gas from the main chamber to the auxiliary chamber;
wherein the non-inflating portion is disposed at a position facing, in the vehicle width direction, a maximum external diameter portion of the driver'"'"'s seat airbag at which an external diameter of the driver'"'"'s seat airbag is largest.
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Abstract
An automobile occupant protection device is provided including: a driver'"'"'s seat airbag; and a curtain airbag that is configured including a main chamber, an auxiliary chamber that is provided at a vehicle front side of the main chamber and that is disposed at a position bent toward the vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the main chamber as viewed along a vehicle up-down direction from inside the vehicle cabin, a non-inflating portion that is disposed between the main chamber and the auxiliary chamber, and a first gas supply path that is capable of supplying gas from the main chamber to the auxiliary chamber. The non-inflating portion is disposed at a position facing, in the vehicle width direction, a maximum external diameter portion of the driver'"'"'s seat airbag where an external diameter of the driver'"'"'s seat airbag is largest.
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7 Claims
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1. An automobile occupant protection device comprising:
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a driver'"'"'s seat airbag that is provided at a steering wheel, and that is configured by a bag body that has a substantially flattened spherical shape in a state in which deployment has been completed in the event of a collision at an angle; and a curtain airbag that is provided behind a ceiling of a vehicle cabin and that includes; a main chamber configured by a bag body that has a curtain shape disposed at a vehicle width direction inner side of a side window on a driver'"'"'s seat side in a state in which deployment has been completed in the event of a collision at an angle, an auxiliary chamber that is provided at a vehicle front side of the main chamber and that is disposed at a position bent toward the vehicle width direction inner side with respect to the main chamber as viewed along a vehicle up-down direction from an inner side of the vehicle cabin in a state in which deployment has been completed, a non-inflating portion that is disposed between the main chamber and the auxiliary chamber, and a first gas supply path that is provided at a vehicle up-down direction upper side of the non-inflating portion and that is capable of supplying gas from the main chamber to the auxiliary chamber; wherein the non-inflating portion is disposed at a position facing, in the vehicle width direction, a maximum external diameter portion of the driver'"'"'s seat airbag at which an external diameter of the driver'"'"'s seat airbag is largest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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