Patent ID: 6394485
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An airbag device comprising:a casing having side walls, an opening at a top thereof, a bent portion formed in at least one of the side walls and extending along a longitudinal direction of the casing to protrude outwardly of the casing, and a plurality of holes formed in the side walls, an airbag accommodated in and connected to the casing, a gas generator for supplying gas into the airbag to inflate the airbag, plate members fixed to the side walls of the casing to extend along a longitudinal direction of edges of the opening and disposed generally inside the side walls of the casing to substantially directly receive an impact from the airbag at a time of inflation of the airbag, said plate members having a plurality of hooks projecting outside of the casing through the holes of the casing and spaced at intervals in a longitudinal direction of each of the plate members, a number of the holes corresponding to a number of the hooks, a length in a vertical direction of the holes at two ends in the longitudinal directing being greater than that of the holes between the holes at the two ends, and a lid engaging the hooks of the plate members to cover the opening.