Patent ID: 7988184
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A front passenger airbag device comprising: an airbag that is folded and accommodated in an accommodation portion provided in a dashboard and in front of a front seat passenger, the dashboard having an exterior surface, wherein the airbag deploys toward the front seat passenger when inflated with a gas if a head-on collision of a vehicle occurs; an airbag door that is provided in the dashboard, and that opens when the airbag is deployed from the accommodation portion toward the front seat passenger, the airbag door includes a central door provided at a central portion of the airbag door in a vehicle width direction, and lateral end doors provided adjacent to both sides of the central door respectively; and an inner bag provided within the airbag that distributes the gas to both sides of the airbag in the vehicle width direction, the inner bag includes an upper face located at a central portion of the inner bag in the vehicle width direction, a tube portion that protrudes upwardly from each end of the upper face, and a gas discharge port formed at a tip of each of the tube portions, the gas discharge ports face the lateral end doors respectively; wherein the central door opens in the vehicle longitudinal direction due to an inflation pressure of the airbag, and the lateral end doors open in the vehicle width direction due to the inflation pressure of the airbag, and the inflation pressure of the airbag acts on the lateral end doors during an initial stage of an inflation of the airbag and wherein the upper face of the inner bag does not extend beyond the exterior surface of the dashboard when the inner bag is deployed.