Patent ID: 7434832
Filing Date: 2008-10-14
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An air bag for a vehicle, the air bag being deployable from a rear end portion thereof as a starting point for deployment along an occupant of the vehicle, the air bag comprising: a first panel adapted to be opposed to the occupant; a second panel opposed to the first panel; and a third panel formed in a belt-shape and having two opposed outer peripheries in a longitudinal direction thereof, the third panel being connected to the first and second panels to define an opening in the vicinity of the rear end portion of the air bag which is the starting point for deployment, wherein the first and third panels are connected with each other along an entire outer periphery of the first panel and one of the two opposed outer peripheries of the third panel except around the opening of the air bag, and the second and third panels are connected with each other along an entire outer periphery of the second panel and the other of the two opposed outer peripheries of the third panel except around the opening, wherein the air bag starts inflation from the rear end potion and then forward deploys.