Patent ID: 7581754
Filing Date: 2009-09-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag apparatus comprising: an airbag disposed in front of a passenger to be inflated toward a rear side of a vehicle for protecting the passenger in case of a vehicle accident, said airbag including a center side airbag section located in a center area of the vehicle in a width direction of the vehicle, said center side airbag section extending vertically at the center area of the vehicle in an inflated state and having highest and lowest portions in a vertical direction and front and rear portions in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a window side airbag section located at a window side of the vehicle in the width direction, said window side airbag section extending vertically at a window side of the vehicle in the inflated state and having highest and lowest portions in the vertical direction and front and rear portions in the front-rear direction, and an upper edge extending between the center side airbag section and the window side airbag section in the inflated state, said upper edge at the window side airbag section being lower than that at the center side airbag section so that the window side airbag section does not interfere with a side portion of the vehicle, and a gas supply device for supplying gas to inflate the vehicle airbag, wherein a length between the highest and lowest portions of the center side airbag section is greater than a length between the front and rear portions of the center side airbag section, and a length between the highest and lowest portions of the window side airbag section is greater than a length between the front and rear portions of the window side airbag section.