OCCUPANT PROTECTION APPARATUS OF VEHICLE
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1. An occupant protection apparatus comprising:
- an airbag, which is inflated and deployed between a first seat and a second seat, which are adjacent to each other in a width direction of a vehicle; and
an inflator, which supplies gas into the airbag,wherein the airbag is controlled to start being inflated and deployed in the vehicle width direction later than inflation and deployment in a vertical direction and a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle.
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An occupant protection apparatus includes an airbag and an inflator. The airbag is inflated and deployed between a first seat and a second seat, which are adjacent to each other in the vehicle width direction. The inflator supplies gas into the airbag. When the airbag is inflated and deployed, the airbag starts to be inflated and deployed in the vehicle width direction later than inflation and deployment in the vertical direction and the fore-and-aft direction of a vehicle. This permits the occupants seated in the first seat and the second seat to be restrained to the seats in an appropriate manner during inflation and deployment of the airbag.
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1. An occupant protection apparatus comprising:
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an airbag, which is inflated and deployed between a first seat and a second seat, which are adjacent to each other in a width direction of a vehicle; and an inflator, which supplies gas into the airbag, wherein the airbag is controlled to start being inflated and deployed in the vehicle width direction later than inflation and deployment in a vertical direction and a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An occupant protection apparatus comprising an airbag, which is inflated and deployed between a first seat and a second seat, which are adjacent to each other in a width direction of a vehicle,
wherein the airbag before being inflated and deployed is first folded along a first folding line, which extends in a first direction corresponding to a fore-and-aft direction of the vehicle, and then folded along a second folding line, which extends in a second direction corresponding to the vehicle width direction.
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