Patent ID: 9669792
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. An air bag case, having a substantially box shape, configured to accommodate a folded air bag and configured to allow the air bag to project from an upper opening portion when the air bag is inflated, the air bag case comprising: a bottom wall portion including a bottom wall configuring portion; a side wall portion including a side wall configuring portion, wherein: the side wall configuring portion is bent so as to rise from an outer circumferential edge of the bottom wall configuring portion of the single metallic sheet material; a plurality of joining piece portions, provided on the side wall configuring portion, are superposed on corresponding joined portions to be crimped together to thereby maintain a rising shape of the side wall portion from the bottom wall portion; the joining piece portions are disposed substantially parallel to the bottom wall portion together with the joined portions and are superposed on the joined portions so that the joining pieces portions and the joined portions are partially crimped together in a direction which is substantially at right angles to the bottom wall portion; the side wall configuring portion includes a plurality of side wall configuring members provided along an outer circumferential edge of the bottom wall configuring portion; the joined portions are formed as the joining piece portions which are provided on the side wall configuring portion; and the joining piece portions which correspond to each other are crimped together.