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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Makoto Hamada, Toyota, JP;
Osamu Fukawatase, Nishikamo, JP;
Assignee:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280731 ; 2807282 ; 2807431 ; 2807432 ;
Abstract
An air bag apparatus includes a base member supported on a steering wheel, a bag body accommodated in the base member in a folded state, and an inflator mounted on the base member for ejecting a gas and inflating the folded bag body at the time of vehicle collision. The inflator is elongate and substantially rectangular in shape as viewed from a driver and a longitudinal direction of the inflator is substantially perpendicular to a transverse direction of the vehicle when the steering wheel is in a neutral position.