Patent ID: 6299202
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A passenger seat air bag system comprising:a case received in an instrument panel disposed under a wind shield of a vehicle;a door formed as a portion of a top surface of said instrument panel in an upper portion of said case; anda folded air bag received and fixed in said case,wherein, when inflating gas flows into said air bag through a gas inlet of said air bag, said air bag is unfolded and inflated to open said door so that said air bag projects from said door and expands toward a rear side of said vehicle along said wind shield,wherein said air bag comprises:a ceiling wall portion opposite to said gas inlet;front and rear edges located on front and rear sides of said vehicle; andleft and right edges located on left and right sides of said vehicle,wherein, before said air bag is unfolded, said air bag is folded so that said ceiling wall portion is disposed close to said gas inlet, while said air bag is transversely folded so that said front and rear edges are disposed close to each other near a center of said air bag in front/rear direction of said vehicle, while said air bag is longitudinally folded so that said left and right edges are made close to each other near the center of said air bag in the right/left direction of said vehicle, andwherein a front portion of said air bag is folded in a form of bellows in a state where said front edge is folded to lap over said ceiling wall portion.