Patent ID: 7651135
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. In occupant protection device of vehicle, comprising: a side sill provided at both sides of a vehicle floor so as to extend in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; an ingress-egress opening provided above the side sill; a seat provided on the vehicle floor near the ingress-egress opening; a slide door operative to move so as to slide in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and close at least part of the ingress-egress opening; a projecting portion provided at the side sill so as to project toward an inside of a vehicle compartment in a vehicle width direction and accommodate a rail for guiding the slide door; a three-point seatbelt device including a seatbelt which has a shoulder belt operative to support an occupant by extending obliquely from a shoulder to a waist of the occupant and a lap belt operative to protect the occupant by extending laterally over the waist of the occupant, an upper support member to support an upper end of the shoulder belt, and a lower support member to support an outside end of the lap belt, wherein a lap-belt pre-tensioner operative to draw in the lap belt is disposed on an upper face of said projecting portion so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle from an disposition portion of said lower support member, and on the upper face of the projecting portion is provided a groove portion so as to accommodate said lap-belt pre-tensioner in such a manner that the lap-belt pre-tensioner substantially does not project into said ingress-egress opening.