Patent ID: 9016718
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle occupant restraint system comprising: a vehicle seat having a seat cushion on which an occupant is seated and a seatback that functions as a backrest for the occupant; a center console including a console box that is provided on an inner side in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle seat; an inflator that is provided in the vehicle seat and discharges a gas when activated; and a far-side airbag that is provided in a side of the seatback on the inner side in the vehicle width direction, the far-side airbag includes a main bag and a sub bag that are connected and communicated to each other via a communication opening, the sub bag is inflated and deployed prior to the main bag, the main bag has a volume greater than a volume of the sub bag, wherein a lower section of the sub bag is inflated and deployed between a waist of the occupant and the console box by supplying the gas to the sub bag, and an upper section of the sub bag is inflated and deployed to a top surface side of the console box, wherein the gas supplied to the sub bag is supplied to the main bag via the communication opening, wherein a lower section of the main bag is inflated and deployed between the upper section of the sub bag and the occupant, and an upper section of the main bag is inflated and deployed to a side of a head of the occupant.