Patent ID: 7661500

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 a front portion of the vehicle body on a front side of the handle bar; an engine mounted inside the engine hood; a driver's seat provided behind the handle bar; and an airbag system provided for the vehicle body, the airbag system comprising: 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; a third airbag body installed inside the engine hood, a storage housing for storing each airbag body; an impact detection device for detecting a collision of the vehicle body; an airbag expanding device for expanding and blowing up each airbag body upon the collision of the vehicle body; and a controller for controlling the impact detection device and expansion of each airbag body, wherein the controller is configured to determine, depending on a degree of an impact of the collision, whether or not to include a delay time between expansion of the first and second airbag bodies and the third airbag body.