Patent ID: 8262126
Filing Date: 2012-09-11
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An air bag apparatus for a vehicle comprising: an outer member having a cabin-side surface defining a design surface of a cabin; an inner member disposed on a side that is opposite from the cabin-side surface of the outer member and fixed to the outer member; an air bag door disposed on the side that is opposite from the cabin-side surface of the outer member; and an air bag module having an air bag and a casing which covers the air bag from a side that is opposite from the cabin-side surface, wherein the outer member has a tear line where the outer member is broken when the air bag expands, a tear line inner portion located inside the tear line and opening when the tear line is broken and a tear line outer portion located outside the tear line portion, and wherein the air bag door has a door portion which is fixed to the tear line inner portion of the outer member at a cabin-side surface of the door portion and opens when the air bag expands and a general portion which is fixed to the tear line outer portion of the outer member at a cabin-side surface of the general portion and is fixed to the inner member at a side that is opposite from the cabin-side surface of the general portion, wherein the casing is coupled to the air bag door, wherein the inner member has an extending portion which extends from the inner member toward the general portion of the air bag door, wherein the air bag door has a rising wall having a shape in a form of a frame, which rises in a direction that is opposite from the cabin-side from the general portion, wherein the general portion of the air bag door is fixed to an end portion in an extending direction, of the extending portion of the inner member at a portion of the air bag door located outside the frame-shaped rising wall; and wherein a cover is located behind the casing and arranged at an opening formed by the inner member.