Patent ID: 6186544
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A method of folding an air bag to be deployed in front of a front passenger seat, comprising:placing an air bag in a plane so that an inlet is located at one side of a rear portion of the air bag to extend laterally, forming a loose portion at a center of a front portion of the air bag on a windshield side, said loose portion having a width substantially corresponding to a width of an air bag case to be disposed and extending perpendicularly to an extending direction of the inlet from a portion near the opening of the air bag to a tip portion of the air bag away from the opening, and concavities behind the loose portion on two lateral sides of the loose portion to thereby place a main portion under the loose portion,folding right and left edges of the main portion of the air bag toward the center of the air bag along the loose portion to be placed in the concavities so that the main portion after the right and left edges are folded has a width substantially same as the width of the loose portion and is located under the loose portion, andfolding the tip portion of the air bag to the passenger side so that when the air bag is deployed, the loose portion of the air bag at the windshield side is deployed from the portion near the opening to the tip portion to thereby reduce a striking force of the air bag against the windshield.