Patent ID: 6959944
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: B60R,B62D

Abstract:
1. An airbag apparatus mounted to a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: an airbag which is selectively displaced between an original position and a predetermined position, and which airbag is initially undeployed; which airbag is initially undeployed; an inflator, which supplies gas into the airbag to deploy the airbag in a deployment direction; a displacement mechanism, which displace, the undeployed airbag from the original position to the predetermined position when a collision of the vehicle is predicted and which displaces the undeployed airbag from the predetermined position to the original position, wherein the airbag is located inside a vehicle passenger compartment, wherein the airbag is located at a backrest of a seat of the vehicle, and wherein the displacement mechanism displaces the airbag such that the airbag projects toward a body side portion of the vehicle from the backrest.