Patent ID: 6170857
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A front passenger's seat airbag system arranged in an instrument panel that is mountable in a vehicle, comprising:a door arranged on an upper face of the instrument panel;a case; andan airbag housed and held in a folded state in said case and comprising:a gas inlet port for receiving an inflating gas injected thereinto so that introduction of an inflating gas through said gas inlet port causes said airbag to expand towards the rear of the vehicle while opening said door; anda ceiling wall portion confronting said gas inlet port, said ceiling wall portion having front, rear, left, and right edges,wherein said airbag is housed in said case by arranging said ceiling wall portion of said airbag to closely approach said gas inlet port, subsequently by transversely folding said front and rear edges perpendicular to the transverse direction to closely approach the vicinity of the center of said ceiling wall portion so that said rear edge is internally rolled toward said gas inlet port, and further by then longitudinally folding said left and right edges to closely approach the vicinity of the center of said ceiling wall portion.