Patent ID: 7029030
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant protection device for protecting an occupant in a vehicle, comprising: gas generating means for generating gas, an airbag device attached to the gas generating means to be deployed in front of the occupant, said airbag device having a thorax-protection airbag to be deployed in front of a thorax of the occupant and a head-protection airbag to be deployed in front of a head of the occupant above the thorax-protection airbag, and detecting means for detecting a sitting height of the occupant so that both the head-protection airbag and the thorax-protection airbag are inflated when the detecting means detects a sitting height higher than a predetermined value, and only the thorax-protection airbag is inflated when the detecting means detects a sitting height lower than the predetermined value.