To obtain a vehicle occupant protection device which can inhibit rearward inclination of a neck of an occupant even if the occupant moves to the front upper side of a vehicle along a seat back during a frontal collision of the vehicle in a state that the occupant is seated in a rear-facing vehicle seat.SOLUTION: A vehicle occupant protection device 10 is included in a vehicle seat 12 including: a seat cushion 14 on which an occupant P is seated; a seat back 16 which supports a back part of the occupant P; and a headrest 20 which is provided at an upper end of the seat back 16 and supports a head Ph of the occupant P, the vehicle seat 12 arranged so that the occupant P faces the rear of the vehicle. The headrest 20 is provided with a head restraint surface 24 which moves to the seat upper side in conjunction with inclination of the seat back 16 when a vehicle frontal collision, in which the occupant P is moved along the seat back 16 to the front upper side of the vehicle by an inertial force, is detected or predicted.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
【課題】後ろ向きの車両用シートに乗員が着座している状態での車両前面衝突時に、乗員がシートバックに沿って車両前方上側へ移動しても、その乗員の首部の後傾を抑制できる車両用乗員保護装置を得る。【解決手段】乗員Pが着座するシートクッション14と、乗員Pの背部を支持するシートバック16と、シートバック16の上端部に設けられ、乗員Pの頭部Phを支持するヘッドレスト20と、を有し、乗員Pが車両の後ろ向きとなるように配置された車両用シート12に備えられた車両用乗員保護装置10であって、ヘッドレスト20には、乗員Pがシートバック16に沿って車両前方上側へ慣性力で移動する車両の前面衝突が検知又は予知されたときに、シートバック16の傾倒に伴ってシート上方側へ移動する頭部拘束面24が設けられている。【選択図】図1
VEHICLE OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE
車両用乗員保護装置
2023-10-20
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Japanisch
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