Patent ID: 8690187
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle safety device comprising: a vehicle seat in which a headrest is formed integrated with or separate from a seatback; an inflator that is provided in the vehicle seat and generates gas by activating; a far-side airbag arranged in a seatback inner side portion that is positioned on a vehicle inside in a vehicle width direction, the far-side airbag being configured to inflate and deploy forward and upward with respect to the vehicle seat from the seatback inner side portion by the gas being supplied into the far-side airbag, and the far-side airbag protruding higher than the headrest when the far-side airbag is in an inflated and deployed state in which the far-side airbag is inflated; and a tension tether that is formed in a long shape and connected to the far-side airbag, a first longitudinal end portion and a second longitudinal end portion of the tension tether being connected to a seatback frame provided in the seatback, the tension tether extending upward from a predetermined portion of an upper end portion of the seatback frame and hooking around the headrest from behind the vehicle seat when the far-side airbag is in the inflated and deployed state, the predetermined portion being positioned farther on a vehicle outside in the vehicle width direction than the headrest, and the tension tether extending from an upper surface of the headrest toward an upper surface of the far-side airbag, and further extending toward the seatback frame on a vehicle inside, in the vehicle width direction, with respect to the far-side airbag, when the far-side airbag is in the inflated and deployed state.