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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2000
Yoshiichi Fujimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tadahiro Igawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An air bag apparatus is formed of a retainer having an upper opening; an air bag accommodated in the retainer and having a gas inlet, a portion of the air bag around the gas inlet being connected to the retainer; a lid covering the upper opening of the retainer; and a support plate extending from the lid and connected to the retainer. The support plate is deformable in vertical, longitudinal and lateral directions thereby allowing the lid to move relatively in the vertical, longitudinal and lateral directions. The air bag apparatus is light, and the position of the air bag apparatus relative to an instrument panel and the lid can be adjusted easily.