Patent ID: 7407180

Claim:
An air bag apparatus for a vehicle, the air bag apparatus comprising: a folded air bag; an inflator arranged to discharge a high pressure gas into the air bag at a collision of the vehicle; a container member receiving the air bag, covering a non-deployment side of the air bag, and retaining the inflator; and a cover panel covering a deployment side of the air bag, and being arranged to form a deployment door at a deployment of the air bag tearing along tear lines, the container member including; a rigid base plate supporting the inflator and the air bag, covering one part of the non-deployment side of the air bag, and supporting a reaction force of the air bag at the deployment of the air bag; and a flexible panel including a connecting portion connected with the base plate, covering the other part of the non-deployment side of the air bag, and being arranged to restrict inflation of the air bag on the non-deployment side at the deployment of the air bag, wherein the flexible panel has a plurality of flap portions each having a plurality of cylindrically shaped mounting portions, and a plurality of recessed portions disposed between the plurality of mounting portions at intervals in a longitudinal direction of the flexible panel, and wherein the cover panel includes a frame portion having a plurality of holes arranged at intervals substantially identical to the intervals between the plurality of mounting portions of the flexible panel, so that the plurality of mounting portions protrude through the holes, and a retaining rod is inserted into the plurality of mounting portions in order to fix the plurality of mounting portions to the frame portion.