Patent ID: 8602447
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag device, comprising: an airbag configured to protect, by inflation and deployment thereof, lower leg regions of an occupant of a vehicle; a gas generator coupled to the airbag, the gas generator configured to supply an inflating gas to the inside of the airbag; a housing receiving the airbag therein in a folded state; and a deployment restricting member having one end thereof fixed to the housing, the deployment restricting member enclosing part of the folded airbag and thereby defining a deployment restricted portion, the portion of the airbag not enclosed by the deployment restricting portion defining a deployment non-restricted portion, the airbag being configured to initially deploy upward from the deployment non-restricted portion with the deployment restricted portion being deployed after the deployment non-restricted portion, the deployment non-restricted portion configured to be provided at a position corresponding to the vicinity of a lower portion of a kneecap of the occupant of the vehicle when the airbag is deployed, and wherein the deployment restricted portion of the airbag, which is surrounded by the deployment restricting member, includes all lower portions of the airbag in the folded state including a lower portion of a top surface of the airbag and a lower portion of opposing left and right surfaces of the airbag.