Patent ID: 6991254

Claim:
An airbag system comprising: an airbag unit for storing a folded airbag; an inflator unit for storing an inflator for generating gas for inflating the airbag; the airbag unit and the inflator unit being connected to each other via a gas supply member; and an inflator case for storing and protecting the inflator hermetically, said inflator case being divided into a pair of two case halves along a flat parting plane, the gas supply member being an interior portion of a main frame member of a vehicle, the main frame member extending rearwardly from a head pipe, wherein the inflator case is disposed in a space surrounded by the main frame member, a seat rail and a lower pipe of the vehicle and connected to a rearward portion of the main frame member, and the airbag unit is disposed on and connected to an upper surface of the main frame member in the vicinity of the head pipe, wherein an interior portion of the main frame member is used as a gas passage for introducing gas generated by the inflator into the airbag unit, and wherein an L-shaped gas guiding plate is provided in the main frame member near the airbag to deflect gas flow to the airbag.