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Device for protecting an individual sitting on a seat, a seat, and a vehicle

  • US 8,714,589 B2
  • Filed: 12/11/2012
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A device for protecting an individual held on a seat by means of a harness including a left shoulder strap and a right shoulder strap, said device having a set of protection inflatable members including left and right inflatable lateral means that are suitable for co-operating respectively with the left and right shoulder straps, said device possessing an inflator for inflating said protection inflatable members, and a headrest carrying a nape airbag of said set of inflatable members, the nape airbag including one passage per inflatable lateral means in order to convey fluid to each inflatable lateral means, said headrest being provided with a hollow support carrying said inflator and with a fluid diffusion box arranged in the nape airbag in order to convey a fluid from the inflator to the nape airbag and to the inflatable lateral means, wherein said device includes one slide means per inflatable lateral means in order to enable relative movement between said inflatable lateral means and a shoulder strap co-operating with said inflatable lateral means, each slide means being secured to an inflatable lateral means.

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