Patent ID: 7878529

Claim:
An occupant protection device applied to a vehicle including a front seat and a rear seat, the device comprising: a first protection device including a first gas generator and a first side airbag, which is inflated and deployed between an occupant seated in the front seat and a side portion of the vehicle by gas generated by the first gas generator; and a second protection device including a second gas generator and a second side airbag, which is inflated and deployed between an occupant seated in the rear seat and a side portion of the vehicle by gas generated by the second gas generator, wherein the thickness of the inflated second side airbag in the vehicle width direction is set greater than the thickness of the inflated first side airbag in the vehicle width direction; and wherein the thickness of the inflated first side airbag is defined as the thickness of a portion of the inflated first side airbag that is the greatest in the vehicle width direction.