Patent ID: 6467798
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicular airbag apparatus comprising:a retainer case having a first portion defining a gas diffusion chamber, a second portion defining an accommodation chamber, and a third portion between the first and second portions; a diffuser member separating the gas diffusion chamber from the accommodation chamber, with a gas communication allowed therebetween through an opening of the diffuser member; a gas-communicable space remaining between the third portion of the retainer case and the diffuser member and gas-communicable with the gas diffusion chamber; an inflator disposed in the gas diffusion chamber; an airbag accommodated in the accommodation chamber, the airbag having a peripheral part thereof retained between the third portion of the retainer case and the diffuser member, with an end part thereof confronting the gas-communicable space; and a gas invasion restrictor configured to restrict a gas invasion from the gas diffusion chamber into the gas-communicable space.