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Granted Patent B2
US 12,358,456 · App. 18/751,346 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Passenger protecting device of vehicle with table

Inventor: Toshiki Iwama (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R21/21B60N3/001B60R2021/23153
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Patent No.
US 12,358,456
App. No.
18/751,346
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A passenger protecting device of a vehicle with a table, that includes: a vehicle seat provided at a floor of a vehicle cabin; and a table provided at a vehicle front side of the vehicle seat, and having a tabletop structured so as to be able to slide toward a vehicle front side at a time of a front collision of a vehicle.

Claims (20)

1. A passenger protecting device of a vehicle with a table, comprising:

a vehicle seat provided at a floor of a vehicle cabin; and

a table provided at a vehicle front side of the vehicle seat, and having a tabletop structured so as to be able to slide toward a vehicle front side at a time of a front collision of a vehicle, wherein

the table:

is provided at the floor or at the vehicle seat, and

has an impeding mechanism that impedes the tabletop, in a case in which the tabletop has slid toward the vehicle front side, sliding toward a vehicle rear side due to rebound.

2. The passenger protecting device of a vehicle with a table of claim 1 , wherein the tabletop is structured so as to slide toward the vehicle front side due to inertial force or action of a mechanical mechanism.

3. The passenger protecting device of claim 2 , wherein the mechanical mechanism is a tension coil spring or a pretensioner.

4. The passenger protecting device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an airbag that inflates and expands between the tabletop, which has slid toward the vehicle front side, and a passenger seated in the vehicle seat.

5. The passenger protecting device of claim 4 , wherein the airbag is structured so as to be able to restrain at least a head and a chest region of the passenger.

6. The passenger protecting device of claim 4 , wherein the airbag is installed at a side door, the table, the vehicle seat, a ceiling of the vehicle cabin, a center console, or a seatbelt.

7. The passenger protecting device of claim 1 , wherein the impeding mechanism is structured by a stopper and a compression coil spring.

8. A passenger protecting device of a vehicle with a table, comprising:

a vehicle seat provided at a floor of a vehicle cabin; and

a table provided at a vehicle front side of the vehicle seat, and having a tabletop structured so as to be able to slide toward a vehicle front side at a time of a front collision of a vehicle, wherein

the table:

is provided at the floor, and

has a restrictor that restricts the tabletop such that the tabletop does not slide toward the vehicle front side by greater than or equal to a predetermined amount.

9. The passenger protecting device of claim 8 , wherein the restrictor is a front plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 24, 2024
From: IWAMA, TOSHIKI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 067809/0686 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-117119 · Jul 18, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250026297A1 · Jan 23, 2025
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