Patent ID: 9403500
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. An airbag device for a vehicle having seats disposed apart from each other in a vehicle width direction, the airbag device comprising: a first airbag that is inflatable and deployable inwardly from an inward lateral surface of a corresponding one of the seats in a vehicle width direction in a form according to a body size of a first occupant; a second airbag that is inflatable and deployable inwardly from the inward lateral surface of the corresponding seat in the vehicle width direction in a form according to a body size of a second occupant, the body size being smaller than the first occupant; an airbag device control unit that controls and causes the first airbag and the second airbag to inflate and deploy when a predetermined condition is satisfied; and a body size detection unit that detects whether or not a seated occupant has a body size greater than or equal to a predetermined size, wherein when the body size detection unit detects that the seated occupant has a body size greater than or equal to the predetermined size, the airbag device control unit controls and causes the first airbag to inflate and deploy, and controls and causes the second airbag not to inflate or deploy, wherein the inflated and deployed first airbag has a depressed-shaped portion on an outer side in the vehicle width direction, and wherein the second airbag inflates and deploys in the depressed-shaped portion of the first airbag.