Title:
OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2004075015
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide a vehicle occupant restraint system for reducing the burden on a human body during the restraint by almost uniformly distributing the deformation of a restricted body part.
A chest-fit member 10 is provided on a restraining means 3 to restrain at least a chest of an occupant seated on a seat, and a rigidity changing means A according to the rigidity distribution of the occupant chest is provided on the chest-fit member 10. When a forward inertia force is applied to the occupant by a head-on collision or the like of the vehicle, and the occupant chest is restrained by the restraining member 3, the bodily deformation to the chest-fit member 10 is almost uniformly distributed to reduce the burden on the body.
Inventors:
KITAGAWA YUICHI
Application Number:
JP2002241804A
Publication Date:
March 11, 2004
Filing Date:
August 22, 2002
Export Citation:
Assignee:
NISSAN MOTOR
International Classes:
B60R21/02; B60R22/12; (IPC1-7): B60R22/12; B60R21/02
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hidekazu Miyoshi
Yasuo Miyoshi
Iwa Saki Kokuni
Akira Kurihara
Kawamata Sumio
Masakazu Ito
Shunichi Takahashi
Toshio Takamatsu
Yasuo Miyoshi
Iwa Saki Kokuni
Akira Kurihara
Kawamata Sumio
Masakazu Ito
Shunichi Takahashi
Toshio Takamatsu