Patent ID: 6176509
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air bag device for installation in a vehicle and for protecting a vehicle occupant, which allows an air bag accommodated in a folded state to inflate to unfold due to gas ejected from an inflator,wherein: the air bag is accommodated in the air bag device in such a manner that the flat, unfolder air bag is folded to form an elongated folded body, the elongated folded body is roll-folded from both ends to wrap these ends inside a roll so as to form a pair of opposing roll-shaped folded bodies, the pair of roll-shaped folded bodies are disposed facing a vehicle occupant and the roll-shaped folded bodies are spaced apart from one another to form a space therebetween, the space extending in a direction generally orthogonal to a direction towards the vehicle occupantwherein a length dimension of each of the pair of roll-shaped folded bodies and the space between the pair of roll-shaped bodies are all equal to each other.