Patent ID: 8246077
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. An occupant restraining device for a vehicle, comprising: a left seat belt and a right seat belt, each seat belt including an upper body restraining portion for restraining an upper body of an occupant; a left retractor and a right retractor, from which the left and right seat belts are pulled out, respectively, when the seat belts are applied to the occupant; and a seat including a seat back having left and right shoulders disposed in a seat width direction, the left and right shoulders including a left belt insertion portion and a right belt insertion portion, respectively, the left and right belt insertion portions each including a recessed indentation across the respective left and right shoulders, the indentations extending from a first side of the seat back to a second side of the seat back, and the upper body restraining portions of the respective left and right seat belts being disposed in the respective left and right belt insertion portions, wherein the left and right seat belts further include, respectively, a left expanding belt portion and a right expanding belt portion, the left and right expanding belt portions encompassing a portion of the respective left and right seat belts that is disposed in the left and right belt insertion portions and the respective upper body restraining portions, and the left and right expanding belt portions being expanded and deployed by a gas supply, and wherein said recessed indentions include responsive recess walls directly from the respective shoulders to a bottom of the respective recessed indentations.