Patent ID: 9409540
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A vehicle occupant protection system, comprising: an outside airbag that is housed in a side portion at a vehicle width direction outer side of a seat back of at least one of a driver seat or a front passenger seat; reinforcement cloths that are attached to a reverse surface of a seat cover, in a region at a vehicle width direction outer side, and a region at a seat front side, of the outside airbag, the reinforcement cloths being attached from an outside splitting portion that splits open in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the outside airbag, and the reinforcement cloths not stretching as easily as the seat cover; an inside airbag that is housed in a side portion at a vehicle width direction inner side of the seat back; webbings that are secured to a frame of the seat back and that are disposed at least at a vehicle width direction outer side and a vehicle width direction inner side of the inside airbag, each having an end portion fastened to an inside splitting portion that splits open in conjunction with inflation and deployment of the inside airbag, the webbings not stretching as easily as the seat cover; an outside inflator that is disposed in correspondence to the outside airbag and supplies a gas for inflation to the outside airbag; an inside inflator that is disposed in correspondence to the inside airbag and supplies a gas for inflation to the inside airbag; and a control unit which, at a time of a side crash, actuates the inside inflator later than the outside inflator when inflating and deploying the outside airbag and the inside airbag of a seat on the crash side.