Patent ID: 6113136
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air bar apparatus comprising:a base member supported on a steering wheel;a bag body accommodated in said base member in a folded state;an inflator mounted on said base member for ejecting a gas and inflating said folded bag body at the time of a vehicle collision, and said inflator is elongate and substantially rectangular in shape as viewed from a driver, and a longitudinal direction of said inflator is substantially perpendicular to a transverse direction of the vehicle when the steering wheel is in a neutral position, wherein said base member comprises a first folding space portion and a second folding space portion, said second folding space portion being deeper and narrower in the transverse direction of the vehicle than said first folding space portion; anda bottom portion of said second folding space portion located beneath a top portion of a connecting portion connecting a bottom portion of the steering wheel and a steering shaft in a longitudinal direction of the steering shaft.