Patent ID: 7293795

Claim:
A hidden air bag apparatus for a passenger-side seat of a vehicle, comprising: an inflator disposed in a lower side of an instrument panel of the vehicle; a mounting bracket secured to a cowl cross bar and supporting the inflator; an air bag configured to be inflated by gas supplied from the inflator, wherein the inflator and the air bag are installed within a defroster air duct disposed under a windshield glass of the vehicle; a nozzle hole elongated along a lateral direction of the vehicle disposed in an upper panel of the defroster air duct; a first tearseam disposed inside the upper panel along the nozzle hole; a chamber for housing the inflator and the air bag disposed in one side of the defroster air duct; an intercepting plate separating the chamber from the defroster air duct; and a second tearseam disposed on a chamber side of the intercepting plate.