Patent ID: 7083187
Filing Date: 2006-08-01
Classification: B60R,B62J,B62K

Abstract:
1. An on-vehicle airbag apparatus comprising: an airbag housing having a weakened portion, said weakened portion being breakable; an airbag stored in a folded state in said airbag housing so that said weakened portion is broken upon inflation; an inflator for generating gas for inflating the airbag; a case formed of rigid material hermetically connected to an opening of said airbag and provided with an air discharge port; a shutter mounted on said case so as to be capable of moving between a closed position in which said air discharge port is closed and an opened position in which said air discharge port is opened; and a shutter-driving actuator connected to said shutter so as to hold said shutter in the closed position when it is not in use and drive said shutter instantaneously from the closed position to the opened position upon actuation, the shutter-driving actuator including one end fixed to a side of the case and an opposite end connected to said shutter, the shutter-driving actuator pulling the shutter in a direction away from the case when sliding from the closed position to the opened position.