Patent ID: 6520532
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A passenger-side air bag apparatus for installation in a vehicle, said apparatus comprising:an air bag lid molded in one piece with a top wall part of an instrument panel for placement forward of a passenger seat in said vehicle, said air bag lid having an inner surface, a glove box opening portion formed in a side wall part of said instrument panel and to which a glove box is attached; and an air bag module capable of passing through said glove box opening portion; said air bag module comprising a module case and being disposed within said instrument panel at a level above said glove box in a state in which an opening of an upper portion of said module case housing an inflator and an air bag faces the inner surface of said air bag lid, a lower portion of said module case being detachably fixable to a structural member laid across said instrument panel via a lower portion fastening mechanism capable of being operatively manipulated via said glove box opening portion, and the upper portion of said module case being detachably fixed to said top wall part of said instrument panel via an upper locking mechanism also capable of being operatively manipulated via said glove box opening portion; whereby said air bag module is situated so as to be accessible and serviceable through said glove box opening portion.