Patent ID: 8276936

Claim:
An automotive airbag apparatus comprising: an airbag folded within an airbag housing and deployed by gas injected therein from an inflator; an airbag door attached to the airbag housing through a hinge with rotationally movable state and opened by pressure applied from deploying force of the airbag; and a restrictor member wrapped over the folded airbag in a direction from front to rear of the vehicle, the restrictor member having a forwardly located fixed end attached to the airbag housing and a rearwardly located free end, the free end making frictional contact against the airbag door in a region proximate the hinge when the airbag door opens by the pressure applied thereto at a start of the airbag deployment; wherein the door swings in a direction toward a passenger upon deployment of the airbag.