Occupant protection device for case of vehicle side collision
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1. An occupant protection device for a case of a vehicle side collision, the occupant protection device comprising:
- a center console that is provided on a side of a vehicular seat and at a central portion of a vehicle compartment in a vehicle width direction, the center console including a console box; and
a moving device that is configured to move the console box, whereinthe console box is configured to move between a normal position and a retraction position;
the normal position is a position in which the console box is configured to oppose an abdominal region of a seated occupant in the vehicle width direction;
the retraction position is a position in which the console box is configured not to oppose the abdominal region of the seated occupant in the vehicle width direction; and
when a vehicle side collision is detected or predicted, the moving device moves the console box from the normal position to the retraction position.
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A occupant protection device for a case of a vehicle side collision includes: a center console which is provided on a side of a vehicular seat and at a central portion of a vehicle compartment in the vehicle width direction and in which a console box opposing an abdomen of an occupant seated in the vehicular seat in the vehicle width direction is movable to a retraction position where the console box does not oppose the abdomen in the vehicle width direction; and a moving device which when a vehicle side collision is detected or predicted, moves the console box to the retraction position.
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1. An occupant protection device for a case of a vehicle side collision, the occupant protection device comprising:
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a center console that is provided on a side of a vehicular seat and at a central portion of a vehicle compartment in a vehicle width direction, the center console including a console box; and a moving device that is configured to move the console box, wherein the console box is configured to move between a normal position and a retraction position; the normal position is a position in which the console box is configured to oppose an abdominal region of a seated occupant in the vehicle width direction; the retraction position is a position in which the console box is configured not to oppose the abdominal region of the seated occupant in the vehicle width direction; and when a vehicle side collision is detected or predicted, the moving device moves the console box from the normal position to the retraction position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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