Patent ID: 7530594

Claim:
A snowmobile with an airbag system comprising: a vehicle body extending in a longitudinal direction of a snowmobile; a handle bar provided at an intermediate upper portion of the vehicle body for steering a steering skid; an engine hood for covering the front portion of the vehicle body at a front side of the handle bar; a windshield provided at a rear portion of the engine hood; an engine mounted inside the engine hood; a vehicle body frame provided so as to extend in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; an airbag system provided for the vehicle body, the airbag system comprising: an airbag body formed into a bag-shape; a storage housing for storing the airbag body; an impact detection device for detecting a collision of the vehicle body; an airbag expanding device for expanding the airbag body upon the collision of the vehicle body; and a controller for controlling the impact detection device and expansion of the airbag body, wherein the airbag body includes a first airbag body expanding from a portion near the handle bar and extending rearward of the vehicle body over the handle bar and outward of the vehicle body over both ends of the handle bar, and a second airbag body expanding from an upper surface of the engine hood toward the windshield and utilizing an oblique surface of the windshield as an expanding guide slope.