Patent ID: 7240918
Filing Date: 2007-07-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag tat is deployed and inflated to protect an occupant in a front passenger seat of a vehicle, the airbag comprising a fabric forming the airbag, wherein the fabric has first and second sides extending along the sides of the vehicle and opposite to each other in a lateral direction of the vehicle, wherein the fabric has a single vent hole formed only in the first side and a single vent hole formed only in the second side for discharging some gas introduced into the airbag to the outside, and wherein each vent hole is located at a position where the vent hole is unlikely to be blocked by the occupant or members forming the vehicle when the airbag, when inflated, protects the occupant, and wherein the opening area of the single vent hole in the first side is greater than the opening area of the single vent hole in the second side.