Patent ID: 6896325
Filing Date: 2005-05-24
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant protection apparatus for protecting an occupant, comprising: a seat situated adjacent to a side door of a vehicle, push-up means disposed inside the seat and including an inflatable bag situated at a door side of the seat and a gas generator attached to the inflatable bag for inflating the same, said inflatable bag being provided less than a half of the seat in a width direction of the seat to be inflated by the gas generator for pushing up a part of a hip portion of the occupant adjacent to the side door, said seat being inclined upon inflation of the inflatable bag such that the door side is located higher than an opposite side thereof in the width direction to form a greater space between the side door and the occupant when a side collision or a rollover occurs, and an airbag disposed inside the vehicle for expanding in the greater space between the side door and the occupant created by the push-up means when the side collision or the rollover occurs.