| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an occupant protection apparatus which has an airbag that can form a plurality of chambers with a single inflator, secures a space between a vehicle sidewall and an occupant and protects a chest of the occupant by the airbag, and thereby enhance safety when the occupant is protected from a shock of a side collision against the vehicle sidewall. <P>SOLUTION: A side airbag apparatus 10 includes the airbag 12 that can form the plurality of chambers with the single inflator 11 and that has the chest chamber 12c. The airbag 12 is unfolded between a side door 20 and the occupant to protect the occupant from the collision against the side door 20. The airbag 12 has, in a plurality of chambers: an upper chamber 12a and a lower chamber 12b, which can be unfolded respectively in the upper and lower parts of a door arm rest 25 in the vertical direction of a vehicle 5; and the chest chamber 12c which can be unfolded, on a vehicle interior side from the upper chamber 12a and the lower chamber 12b in the width direction of the vehicle 5 and near the chest of the occupant. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
