Occupant restraining apparatus

• US 7,798,522 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2006
• Issued: 09/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Joyson Safety Systems Japan K.K.
• Original Assignee: Takata Corporation (Ningbo Junsheng Investment Group Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Itoga, Yasuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Fleming; Faye M.
• Application Number:
  US11/992,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20090134612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,413 Days
• Field of Search: 280/730.1, 280/730.2, 280/733
• US Class Current: 280/730.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/42718 with anti-submarining systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/688 Particular seat belt attachment and guiding
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/986 Side-rests B60N2/2872, B60N2/885 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/18 the inflatable member formed as a belt or harness or combined with a belt or harness arrangement
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/207 in vehicle seats
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2171 specially adapted for elongated cylindrical or bottle-like inflators with a symmetry axis perpendicular to the main direction of bag deployment, e.g. extruded reaction canisters B60R21/2176 takes precedence

Abstract

An occupant restraining apparatus that allows for a comfortable seat cushion and does not require an installation space for an inflator along a side of a seat frame is provided. An inflatable seat bag 20 is disposed above a seat pan 5. The seat bag 20 extends in a left-right width direction of a seat. An inflator 23 is mounted on a side frame 1a by means of a mounting bracket 24 and is disposed above the side frame 1a. A seat cushion 25 is disposed on a base frame 1. The seat cushion 25 has a side bank portion 25a whose bottom surface is provided with a recess 25b. The inflator 23 is disposed within the recess 25b.

Claims

1. An occupant restraining apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:

at least one of a seat bag and an air belt, the seat bag having a bag and provided below a seat cushion of a seat, the air belt having a bag and extended along a front side of an occupant; and

an inflator that supplies gas into the bag,

wherein the inflator is disposed within a side portion of the seat cushion,

wherein the inflator is connected to a first side frame of a seat bottom base frame via a mounting bracket, and

wherein the inflator is positioned in a recess of a side bank portion of the seat cushion.

2. The occupant restraining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the inflator is disposed above the side frame.

3. The occupant restraining apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the inflator extends in a front-rear direction of the seat.

4. The occupant restraining apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a side airbag to which gas is supplied by the inflator.

5. The occupant restraining apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the seat bottom base frame includes the first side frame and a second side frame, wherein the first side frame includes an anchor portion for a lap belt, and wherein the second side frame includes a buckle device.