Abstract: An airbag apparatus in which a front portion of an airbag is inflated earlier than a rear portion of the airbag. A passenger-side airbag apparatus includes an airbag, a container accommodating the airbag, an inflator for generating gas for inflating the airbag, and a lid for covering an opening in the top of the container. A rear portion of the airbag is first folded, left and right portions of the airbag are then folded, and after that, a front portion (vehicle-front-side portion) of the airbag is folded.

Abstract: An airbag device including an airbag that provides more effective protection of an occupant. The airbag has an indentation located approximately in the center of a contact surface thereof. The indentation is formed in the shape of a recess or a valley to form the airbag into a heart-like shape. The area including the indentation is at least greater than an area where comes in contact with the face of an occupant. The deepest point of the dent (the farthest point from the occupant in the contact surface) is positioned below the jaw of the occupant. The contact surface extending from the deepest point of the dent to the upper projection top thereof overhangs toward the occupant to have an angle between 0° and 45° (preferably, between 15° and 25°) relative to the cervical vertebrae axis of the occupant.