AIRBAG DEVICE FOR RESTRAINING WAIST

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an airbag device for restraining the waist of an occupant capable of enhancing the waist restricting performance without degrading the comfortableness.

SOLUTION: The airbag device for restraining the waist of the occupant installed under a seat cushion of a vehicle and restricting the forward movement by restraining the waist of the occupant seated on the seat cushion in case of emergency is equipped with an airbag stored in the condition compressed under the seat cushion. The airbag has a body part in cylindrical shape extending to the left and right of the vehicle in the non-compressed condition and side face parts blocking the two side faces (on the left and right) of the body part and assuming approximately a parallelogram when the airbag is spread, and spreading is made by offsetting forward or backward from the bottom surface when the airbag is inflated and spread.

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