Patent ID: 6352284
Filing Date: 2002-03-05
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A front passenger's seat airbag system of the top-mount type arranged in an instrument panel below a windshield, comprising:a door arranged on the upper face of said instrument panel; a case; and an airbag housed and held in a folded state in said case and including a gas inlet port for injecting an inflating gas thereinto, so that said airbag is expanded, by injecting the inflating gas into said gas inlet port, towards the rear of a vehicle along said windshield while opening said door, wherein said airbag further includes a commutator cloth arranged so as to cover said gas inlet port and to close left and right sides of the gas inlet port in the transverse direction of the vehicle, and to open front and rear sides of the gas inlet port in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein front and rear openings in the gas inlet port, as formed by said commutator cloth, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle are so set that the front opening has a larger area than that of the rear opening, wherein said airbag is housed in said case by folding a ceiling wall side of said airbag confronting said gas inlet port to approach said gas inlet port, subsequently by longitudinally folding left and right edges to approach the vicinity of the center, and further by transversely folding front and rear longitudinal edges perpendicular to the transverse direction to approach the vicinity of the center.