Patent ID: 11865987
Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT AB
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. An occupant protecting device provided inside or below a seat cushion of a vehicle seat, comprising:
an airbag cushion capable of expanding and deploying to push up a seat surface of the seat cushion;
an inflator that supplies gas for expansion and deployment into the airbag cushion in the event of a vehicle emergency; and
a cover that covers at least a portion of the airbag cushion and is capable of being cleaved open by the expansion and deployment of the airbag cushion; wherein
the airbag cushion has at least one first attaching point attached to a vehicle seat side, at least one second attaching point attached to the vehicle seat side on a rearward side of the first attaching point in a front-rear direction of the vehicle seat, an expanding and deploying part that at least expands and deploys between the at least one first attaching point and the at least one second attaching point due to gas from the inflator,
the cover has a weak portion that serves as a starting point for when the cover is cleaved open by the expansion and deployment of the airbag cushion, and
the cover covers a side of the at least one first attaching point of the expanding and deploying part, such that the weak portion is positioned on a rearward side in the front-rear direction, and is attached to the vehicle seat on the side of the at least one first attaching point.