Patent ID: 7866693
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag inflating vertically in front of an occupant, comprising: a front panel for forming a front portion facing the occupant upon inflation, and a rear panel for forming a rear portion, disposed at a side opposite to the front panel and sewed thereto at peripheral portions, wherein said front panel comprises a front side, two front-lateral sides disposed to sandwich the front side and inclined rearwardly from the front side, two lateral-curved sides extending rearwardly from the two front-lateral sides respectively and curved inwardly with respect to each other, two rear-lateral sides extending toward each other from the two lateral-curved sides, and a rectangular projection extending from inside the rear-lateral sides in a direction opposite to the front side, said rear panel comprises a front side, two front-lateral sides and two lateral-curved sides, having shapes similar to those of the front panel, and two rear-lateral sides extending toward each other from the two lateral-curved sides of the rear panel with a rectangular cut therebetween, said front portion, when the front and rear panels are sewed at the peripheral portions, forms an upper part for receiving a head of the occupant, said upper part having an upwardly protruding curved edge, and two laterally protruding upper curved edges extending smoothly from the upwardly protruding curved edge; a middle part having two laterally inwardly curved middle side edges extending smoothly from the laterally protruding upper curved edges; and, a lower part for receiving a body of the occupant, said lower part having two laterally inwardly and downwardly curved lower side edges extending smoothly from the middle side edges, and a downwardly protruding curved edge, said lower part having a lateral width greater than that of the upper and middle parts to thereby form laterally projecting portions for receiving occupant's arms, and the downwardly extending curved edge at the lower part has a curvature greater than that of the upwardly extending curved edge at the upper part.