Patent ID: 6971664

Claim:
A passenger-side airbag apparatus for protecting a passenger in a vehicle, comprising: an inflator for generating gas adapted to be attached to an upper portion of an instrument panel, a first bag having a first opening at a rear side thereof connected to the inflator for receiving the gas from the inflator and a second opening at a front side and opposite to the rear side, and a second bag connected to the second opening of the first bag at the front side thereof for receiving the gas through the first bag to expand upwardly from the first bag, and having a maximum lateral width greater than that of the first bag, said second bag having a lower portion connected to the front side of the first bag so that the second bag extends upwardly from the front side of the first bag and the front side of the first bag supports the passenger together with the second bag when the first and second bags expand, and a size to abut against one of a windshield and an inside ceiling of the vehicle when the first and second bags fully expand so that the second bag receives an upper body of the passenger when the first and second bags fully expand.