Patent ID: 6029996
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air bag device, comprising:a case having an opening and mounted in a vehicle;an air bag received inside the case in a folded state;an inflator for inflating the air bag to a passenger position, said inflator being disposed at the bottom of the case and on a side further from the passenger position;a diffuser for regulating a flow of gas generated by the inflator disposed covering the inflator, the diffuser being provided with a partition wall partitioning a space between the diffuser and the case opening inside the case into a passenger side and the side further from the passenger position;structure defining a gas guiding passage for guiding gas generated by the inflator to the case opening, said gas guiding passage being formed on the side of the partition wall further from the passenger position;the folded air bag is received on the passenger side of the partition wall in a first receiving part on a passenger side of the inflator and a second receiving part on a case opening side of the inflator so that the air bag is divided into two sections; anda case-side end portion of an air bag upper part to constitute an upper part of the deployed air bag being disposed covering the exit of the gas guiding passage.