Patent ID: 6382664
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A passenger seat air bag used in a passenger seat air bag system disposed on a top surface of an instrument panel in front of a passenger seat in a vehicle, said air bag system comprising:an air bag main body; a gas inlet disposed substantially along a horizontal plane of said air bag main body; and a flow control cloth provided inside said air bag main body to cover said gas inlet for changing a flow of inflating gas allowed to flow in through said gas inlet, wherein said flow control cloth is disposed so as not only to cover said gas inlet in a left and right direction of said vehicle but also to make a flow rate of said inflating gas flowing toward a rear side higher than a flow rate of said inflating gas flowing toward a front side with respect to a substantially middle portion in a front and rear direction of said flow control cloth, wherein, in order to make said flow rate of said inflating gas flowing toward said front side lower than said flow rate of said inflating gas flowing toward said rear side thereof with respect to said substantially middle portion in said front/rear direction of said flow control cloth, said flow control cloth is disposed so that left and right edges of said flow control cloth are coupled with a circumferential edge of said gas inlet in an inner circumferential surface of said air bag body while front and rear edges of said flow control cloth are not coupled with said air bag body, and gas communication holes for allowing said inflating gas to pass therethrough are disposed in said left and right sides of said rear edge of said flow control cloth.