Knee restraint device for vehicles

US6431600B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Werner Freisler · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Bernd Kleinmann · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Dirk Schultz · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Gerd Zischka · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Klaus Bernhard · Spraitbach, DE
• Robert Mohr · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 13, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 20, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2021/23169
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A knee restraint device for vehicles comprises a base plate and a knee protector part fastened to the base plate. The knee protector part has a load distributor plate with openings and has a covering of plastic. The covering has a rear face facing the load distributor plate and a front face directed in an opposite direction. The covering is provided with pins formed on the rear face and is fastened in a form-fitting manner to the load distributor plate by the pins projecting through the openings in the load distributor plate. The pins have free ends which are shaped such that the free ends project radially outwards and over the openings.