Patent ID: 6612610
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air bag device for deployment to hold back an occupant upon collision of a vehicle, comprising:an inflater, an inflater retainer, an air bag being in a folded condition and having a base end forming a portion containing a slit through which said retainer and inflater are inserted into said air bag, and a breakable protector sheet disposed in wrapped engagement with an outer periphery of the folded air bag, said protector sheet extending across said slit in engagement with that portion of said air bag containing said slit, whereby said slit in said air bag is closed by sandwiching the portion of said air bag containing said slit between, and in contact with, said inflater retainer and said protector sheet, with said air bag in a region of said slit contacted on one side by said inflater retainer and on another side by the protector sheet.