Patent ID: 8308191

Claim:
An airbag apparatus, comprising: a gas generator that generates gas; and an airbag inflated and deployed by the gas supplied from the gas generator, the airbag being configured to restrain an occupant, wherein the airbag includes: a front panel having at least one connecting end, a rear panel connected to the front panel at peripheries thereof, and having another connecting end, one main exhaust port, and at least one sub exhaust port without a vent cover, an inner panel connected to the front and rear panels in a center area of the airbag, and having a substantially triangular shape with a center portion connected to the front panel, and a plurality of connecting ends connected to a connecting panel fixed to the rear panel, a vent cover provided to cover the one main exhaust port, and having a size greater than that of the one main exhaust port, one end connected to the at least one end and another connecting end of the front and rear panels, and another end, and a strap having one end fixed to the another end of the vent cover, and another end attached to the inner panel, and wherein the sub exhaust port exhausts the gas without using the main exhaust port in a state in which the vent cover blocks the main exhaust port due to a folded state of the airbag in an initial stage of an inflating and deploying operation performed to restrain the occupant.