Knee-restraining airbag device
US8100433B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 22, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 22, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R2021/23169
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
[PROBLEMS] To improve expansion performance of an airbag.[MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A knee-restraining airbag device (B) has an inflator (11), the airbag (12), an aesthetically designed cover (13) installed at the lower part of an interior article ahead, in the front-rear direction of a vehicle, of an seated occupant, and a case (14) installed on the opposite side of the aesthetically designed cover (13) from the seated occupant and forming a space (15). In a cross section of the space (15) taken in the front-rear direction of the vehicle, a cross section of an airbag receiving section (15b) in the space (15) has a vertically elongated shape. The airbag (12) is adapted such that, when it is placed in the airbag receiving section (15b), at least a part of the airbag (12) is positioned in a region closer to the occupant than a line (L) interconnecting the upper end of the case (14), which is in a state installed on the aesthetically designed cover (13), and an end surface that is located at the lower end of the case (14) and is closer to the aesthetically designed cover (13). As a result, the airbag (12) is positioned closer to the cover (13) at its surface which forms the space (1…
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