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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1996
Makoto Hamada, Toyota, JP;
Osamu Fukawatase, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air bag apparatus for a passenger seat includes: an air bag cover provided at a top portion of an instrument panel disposed on a passenger seat side of a vehicle, such that the air bag cover is capable of deploying; an air bag case disposed below the air bag cover and closed by the air bag cover; a bag accommodated in the air bag case in a folded state; and an inflator disposed in the bag and adapted to be inflated toward the passenger seat by ejecting a gas at a time of a collision, wherein the inflator is disposed in a state of being offset toward the air bag cover with respect to a depthwise intermediate portion of the air bag case, the inflator is provided such that the gas ejected from the inflator blows out in a direction toward a rear side of the vehicle, and a portion of the bag is disposed at a side of the inflator which is opposite to a side thereof facing the air bag cover.