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Granted Patent B2
US 12673635 · App. 19/299,483 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Occupant protection device

Inventors: Homare Matsushita (Kiyosu, JP); Yoshito Kusuhara (Kiyosu, JP)
Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
B60R22/02B60R22/1951B60N2/62
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12673635
App. No.
19/299,483
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An occupant protection device includes: a placement surface portion disposed on a seat portion and allowing an occupant to be placed thereon to support a region on a lower surface side at least around front ends of thighs of the occupant; two shoulder restraint belts extending from vicinities of left and right edges at an upper end of a backrest portion, disposed to pass in front of left and right shoulders of the occupant, and having distal ends coupled to vicinities of left and right edges at a front end of the placement surface portion; a placement surface portion-side belt being able to be unreeled by an unreeling mechanism and having a distal end coupled to a vicinity of a rear end of the placement surface portion; and a retractor disposed behind the seat and being able to reel each shoulder restraint belt upon detection of an impact force.

Claims (13)

1 . An occupant protection device that is mounted on a seat of a vehicle to enable protection of an occupant seated on the seat,

wherein

the occupant protection device comprising:

a placement surface portion disposed on a seat portion of the seat and configured to allow the occupant to be placed on the placement surface portion to be able to support a region on a lower surface side at least around front ends of thighs of the seated occupant;

two shoulder restraint belts extending from vicinities of left and right edges at an upper end of a backrest portion of the seat, disposed and configured to pass in front of left and right shoulders of the occupant, and having distal ends coupled to vicinities of left and right edges at a front end of the placement surface portion;

at least one placement surface portion-side belt configured to be able to be unreeled by an unreeling mechanism disposed behind the seat and having a distal end coupled to a vicinity of a rear end of the placement surface portion; and

a retractor disposed at a position behind the seat to enable unreeling of each of the shoulder restraint belts, and configured to be able to reel each of the shoulder restraint belts upon detection of an impact force applied from a front of the occupant.

2 . The occupant protection device according to claim 1 , wherein

two of the placement surface portion-side belts are disposed to extend from left and right edge sides in the vicinity of the rear end of the placement surface portion.

3 . The occupant protection device according to claim 2 , wherein

the placement surface portion is disposed on an upper surface side of the seat portion as a separate portion from the seat portion, and is configured to be able to cover substantially an entire lower surface side from buttocks to the thighs of the occupant.

4 . The occupant protection device according to claim 3 , wherein

the placement surface portion is formed of a sheet having flexibility.