Patent ID: 9469269
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A passenger retaining apparatus comprising: a driver seat airbag; and a curtain airbag that expands toward a side of a passenger; wherein the curtain airbag includes: a first inflation portion that is inflated at a passenger side with respect to the driver seat airbag in a vehicle body longitudinal direction; a second inflation portion that is inflated at a wind shield side with respect to the driver seat airbag in the vehicle body longitudinal direction; and a recess portion that is formed between the first inflation portion and the second inflation portion and that is configured to engage with the driver seat airbag; wherein, upon a slight lap crash or an oblique crash of a vehicle, the driver seat airbag is configured for retaining a front surface of a head of the passenger and the first inflation portion is configured for retaining a side surface of the head of the passenger, wherein the curtain airbag further includes: a shallowing unit that shallows a depth of the recess portion after starting inflations of the first inflation portion and the second inflation portion.