Patent ID: 7320477

Claim:
An air bag system comprising: an air bag folded and placed in a recess portion of a vehicle, comprising an attaching piece portion having a through hole for attachment to the recess portion; and an attaching bracket, which comprises a pair of strengthening plates attachable to front and back sides of the attaching piece portion by crimping the strengthening plates at predetermined locations thereon, respectively, in such a manner as to produce irregularities, wherein the air bag is constructed to be attached to the recess portion with fastening means which comprises a fastening stem portion, and a head portion and passes through an attaching hole provided in the attaching bracket and the through hole in the attaching piece portion with the attaching bracket being placed at the recess portion, wherein the through hole in the attaching piece portion is set to such a size that a location thereof which makes up a circumferential edge of the through hole is spaced from an area between the head portion and an inner panel which makes up the recess portion when the fastening stem portion is fastened to the inner panel, and wherein the fastening means allows the fastening stem portion to be fastened to a circumferential edge of an attaching hole in the inner panel in such a state that only the attaching bracket is interposed between the inner panel and the head portion.