Patent ID: 8393637

Claim:
An airbag apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: an inflator; and an airbag cushion having: a depressed head support portion formed in a rear portion of the airbag cushion so that when the airbag cushion is deployed by gas supplied from the inflator, head support portion configured to receive a head of a passenger; shoulder support portions protruding from lateral sides of the head support portion in a rearward direction and forming a space between the shoulder support portions to have the head support portion therebetween when the airbag cushion is deployed; and a support tether provided in the airbag cushion and extending in a transverse direction across the shoulder support portions such that a gas is defined in a front portion of the airbag cushion below the support tether, the gas path guiding the gas downwards, wherein rear and side edges of the support tether are respectively connected to a rear surface of the head support portion and sidewalls of the airbag cushion by sewing so that the support tether encloses the head support portion, and wherein a front edge of the support tether is not connected to an inner surface of the airbag cushion and has a round shape.