Patent ID: 6827171
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An externally-deployed air bag device, comprising:an air bag deployable along the outer surface of a car, said air bag extending in a longitudinal direction to opposite end portions spaced by a central portion of the bag and extending in a transverse direction intersecting said longitudinal direction with the air bag in a substantially flat unfolded state, a case for accommodating said air bag with the case being smaller than the air bag in the unfolded state thereof so that the air bag end portions extend beyond the case; a lid for covering said case; an inflator for inflating said air bag; and an intermediate folded body of the air bag that is formed by folding back both end portions in said longitudinal direction toward the central portion of the air bag, and wherein said air bag is then folded up in said transverse direction to be accommodated into the case.