Patent · US Expired

Passive lower body restraint for automotive vehicles

US4427215A · kind A · utility

24Cited by

8References

4Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Audi NSU Auto Union Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Albert Weichenrieder · Geisenfeld, DE
Horst Krammel · Wettstetten, DE
Claude Rion · Ingolstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 6, 1981
Grant date	Jan 24, 1984
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 6, 2001

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R21/045
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A passive knee restraint for an automotive vehicle is formed by the yieldable rearwardly facing lower wall of a dashboard portion positioned to engage the knees of a seated passenger in an automotive vehicle, thereby restraining the lower portion of the body of the passenger in the seat in the event of sudden vehicle deceleration. According to the invention, this dashboard portion is at least partly swingable on the remainder of the dashboard to afford unrestricted access to the region behind it, thereby allowing repair and maintenance in this region and/or access to articles stored therein as, for example, when a glove compartment is provided behind this swingable part.

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