Patent ID: 6019388
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A44B,B60R

Abstract:
An occupant protecting device for an occupant sitting in a seat of a vehicle, said occupant protecting device comprising:a buckle supported in the seat;a buckle-side duct connected to said buckle, said buckle-side duct having an outlet opening on a tip end of said buckle-side duct, said outlet opening facing away from the occupant;a belt expandable upon collision of the vehicle;a tongue supported on said belt;a tongue-side duct connected to said tongue, said tongue-side duct having an inlet opening on a tip end of said tongue-side duct, said inlet opening facing toward the occupant, said tongue-side duct and said buckle-side duct forming a crank-shaped gas passage for expansion of said belt with said inlet opening of said tongue-side duct facing said outlet opening of said buckle-side duct when said tongue is coupled to said buckle.