Patent ID: 7344151

Claim:
A snowmobile with an airbag system comprising: a vehicle body extending in a longitudinal direction of a snowmobile; a handle bar provided at an intermediate upper portion of the vehicle body for steering a steering skid; an engine hood for covering the front portion of the vehicle body at a front side of the handle bar; a windshield provided at a rear portion of the engine hood; an engine mounted inside the engine hood; a driver's seat provided behind the handle bar; a vehicle body frame provided so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; and an airbag system provided for the vehicle body, the airbag system comprising: an airbag body formed into a bag-shape; a storage housing for storing the airbag body; an impact detection device for detecting a collision of the vehicle body; an airbag expanding device for expanding the airbag body upon the collision of the vehicle body; and a controller for controlling the impact detection device and expansion of the airbag body, the airbag system including a first airbag body to be expanded from a portion near the handle bar and blown up rearward of the handle bar and outward of both ends of the handle bar, a second airbag body to be expanded from a portion near the handle bar and blown up to a front side of rider's knees, and a third airbag body to be expanded from an upper surface of the engine hood toward the windshield having an inclined surface as a guide slope for the blowing-up of the third airbag, wherein the controller is configured to select, depending on a degree of an impact of the collision, whether only the airbag body on the side of the handle bar is to be expanded, both the airbag body on the side of the handle bar and the airbag body on the side of the engine hood are to be expanded, and the airbag body on the side of the engine hood is delayed in an expansion timing with respect to a timing of the expansion of the airbag body on the side of the handle bar.