VEHICLE SEAT
DRIVE
October 15, 2014
To obtain a vehicular seat with which a seated occupant is suppressed from being moved outward in a vehicle width direction at the time of an offset frontal impact in which the amount of overlap is small (a small overlap frontal impact). A vehicular seat (10) comprises: a seat cushion (14) that is disposed offset with respect to a vehicle width direction center of a vehicle; an airbag (22) that is provided in the seat cushion (14) and which, upon receiving a supply of gas, is expanded and deployed in such a way as to suppress a seated occupant P from moving toward the front of the vehicle; and gas supplying device (20) which, when actuated at the time of a frontal impact of the vehicle, supplies gas to the airbag (22) in such a way that a vehicle width direction outer side section of the airbag (22) with respect to a vehicle width direction center of the seat cushion (14) is expanded and deployed before an inner side section.
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