Patent ID: 6908102
Filing Date: 2005-06-21
Classification: B60Q,B60R

Abstract:
1. An airbag apparatus comprising: an airbag; a retainer to which the airbag is attached; a module cover covering the airbag, and being configured to move backward toward the retainer, and which has a projecting portion on the back surface thereof; and horn switches which are turned on when the module cover moves backward, wherein a reinforcing member is attached to the projecting portion and covers an exposed end portion of the projecting portion, the reinforcing member having protruding tabs which are continuous with the reinforcing member and which face the back surface of the module cover at a peripheral region around the projecting portion, wherein the retainer has brackets which extend from the retainer and which face the protruding tabs, and wherein the horn switches are interposed between the protruding tabs and the brackets.