Patent ID: 8256798

Claim:
An airbag comprising: an impact absorbing surface configured to face, under a windshield, a front seat occupant upon deployment; a concave portion configured to extend in a substantially vertical direction at a middle part of the impact absorbing face; a bulging portion configured to bulge immediately under the windshield and at an upper part of the concave portion; and a facing sheet which is positioned between the concave portion and an intake port feeding inflation gas to the airbag as to deflect inflation gas originating from the intake port, wherein said airbag is formed of first and second laterally exterior sections extending out to opposite sides of the intake port, and first and second laterally interior sections, with said first laterally interior section being fastened with said first laterally exterior section along common peripheral edging, said second laterally interior section being fastened with said second laterally exterior section along common peripheral edging, and said first and second laterally interior sections being joined together along common interior edging such that said interior edging defines a recessed component of the concave portion of said air bag, and wherein said first and second laterally exterior sections and said first and second laterally interior sections are configured as to have the concave portion include a relatively wider lateral width at a middle area relative to a vertical extension direction of said concave portion and to have less wide lateral widths above and below that middle area.