Patent ID: 7690684
Filing Date: 2010-04-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant protection apparatus in a vehicle with at least one seat in which at least part of a roof connected to a top end of a windshield can be opened and closed, comprising: an occupant rollover protection member that is attached to a vehicle frame so as to support the vehicle frame when the vehicle overturns; a first buffering member that is located on the occupant rollover protection member and that provides buffering action for an occupant by deploying toward the windshield, wherein the occupant rollover protection member is disposed behind a headrest of the seat that is being protected by the first buffering member; a first buffering member control unit that is disposed on the vehicle and that controls deployment of the first buffering member on a basis of information from a vehicle state detection mechanism for detecting a behavior of the vehicle; a second buffering member that is disposed in an area adjacent to the windshield and that provides buffering action for the occupant by deploying toward the occupant rollover protection member; a second buffering member control unit for controlling deployment of the second buffering member on a basis of information from the vehicle state detection mechanism; and wherein the deployed first buffering member overlaps with the deployed second buffering member.