OCCUPANT RESTRAINT SYSTEM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To deploy between a console of a vehicle and a seat system of the vehicle to provide improved restraint of a seated occupant by having the console react forces imparted onto an airbag cushion by the seated occupant.

SOLUTION: An occupant restraint system 50 for a motor vehicle having the seat system 40 configured to provide seating to an occupant positioned adjacent to the console includes: a cushion 51 stored in the folded configuration and having an inflatable chamber 53 configured to inflate adjacent to the occupant 35 to restrain the occupant 35; and an inflator inflating the inflatable chamber 53. A bottom part of the cushion 51 deploys to a position below the top surface of the console 33 and a top part of the cushion 53 deploys to a position above the top surface of the console 33. During occupant 33 loading, a part of the cushion 53 contacts the console 33 to receive lateral support and to react the forces imparted into the cushion 53 induced by the occupant impacting the cushion. The lateral support impedes lateral displacement of the cushion 53 providing additional restraint to the occupant 35.

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