Patent ID: 9505372
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. An airbag device for a front passenger seat adapted to be mounted on an instrument panel of a vehicle in front of a front passenger seat and comprising a housing adapted to be disposed in the instrument panel and an airbag housed in the housing in a folded-up configuration and being inflatable with an inflation gas for deployment rearward inside the vehicle, the airbag comprising: a main bag section that protrudes rearward out of the housing and deploys in front of the front passenger seat; a center bag section that deploys toward an inboard direction from the main bag section in a width direction of the vehicle and in front of a space between the front passenger seat and a driver's seat in such a manner as to extend rearward from a side of the housing, a rear end region of the center bag section being deployable rearward relative to the main bag section; and an outer tether that extends outside of the airbag from a front end region of the center bag section and is connected to a vicinity of the housing by a leading end of the outer tether, wherein the main bag section includes a mounting region that is located at a front end of the main bag section as deployed and is secured to the housing, a rear side wall deployable on a rear end region of the main bag section for protecting a passenger and a front-rear tether that connects the mounting region and the rear side wall and extends in a front and rear direction inside the main bag section, wherein the center bag section internally includes a vertical tether that connects opposite walls of the center bag section opposing in an up and down direction at airbag inflation.