Patent ID: 9623832
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. An airbag apparatus comprising: an accommodating portion; an airbag that is accommodated and held in the accommodating portion while being folded, protrudes from the accommodating portion while being unfolded, and deploys and inflates when inflating gas flows into the airbag; and a regulating member that is flexible, is accommodated in the accommodating portion together with the folded airbag, and is attached to the accommodating portion so as to be able to regulate deployment and inflation of a folded portion which is a part of the airbag, when the airbag deploys and inflates, wherein the regulating member includes a temporary holding portion that releasably and temporarily holds the folded portion that is a part of the folded airbag, an attachment portion that is attached to the accommodating portion, and a connecting piece portion that connects the attachment portion and the temporary holding portion, wherein the temporary holding portion includes a base portion that is continuous with the connecting piece portion, wherein the regulating member is made of a piece of flexible regulating member formation sheet material in which an attachment formation portion for forming the attachment portion, a connecting piece formation portion for forming the connecting piece portion, a base formation portion for forming the base portion and a cover formation portion for forming the cover portion are continuous with each other, and wherein the temporary holding portion is formed by folding the regulating member formation sheet material in order for the cover formation portion to be stacked on the base formation portion, and stitching opposite lateral edges of the cover formation portion to opposite lateral edges of the base formation portion.