Airbag system for a powered saddle-ride type vehicle and a powered saddle-ride type vehicle provided with such system

An airbag system for a powered saddle-ride vehicle, the airbag system comprising:

• a housing;
• an airbag arranged and packed in said housing in a folded condition;
• and
• an inflator,
• wherein the housing is elongated and has a longitudinal extension with two opposing flanks, a thickness and a height, the thickness being substantially smaller than the height and the longitudinal extension,
• wherein the inflator is arranged in a central position of the elongated housing where the housing has a locally enlarged depth as compared to a depth of the two opposing flanks,
• wherein the airbag is symmetrically arranged in the housing with a symmetric extension along the opposing flanks on opposite sides of the inflator,
• wherein the elongated housing is configured to face a driver,
• wherein the elongated housing is configured to be fixedly mounted to a leg shield next to a steering column of the vehicle in an area between handlebars of the vehicle and a foot support of the vehicle, and that the elongated housing is configured to be mounted in a substantially horizontal direction, transverse to a longitudinally extending centreline of the vehicle, and
• wherein the inflator is configured to allow the airbag, in the event of an activation signal, to inflate and deploy symmetrically on opposite sides of the longitudinally extending centreline of the vehicle to thereby fill an available space between the vehicle and the driver's pelvis, abdomen, thorax and head area.