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US 12,319,219 B2Granted
Apparatus for knee airbag
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
InventorByung Seok Kong
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Abstract
An embodiment apparatus for a knee airbag includes an airbag located inside a cockpit, the cockpit configured to be located in a front side of an interior of a vehicle, an airbag door disposed in the cockpit at a position facing an occupant knee area, the airbag door being configured to open when the airbag is deployed, an absorber located at a front end of the airbag, and a guide part surrounding at least two surfaces of the absorber and the airbag.
Claims7
An apparatus for a knee airbag, the apparatus comprising:
- an airbag locatable inside a cockpit in a front side of an interior of a vehicle, wherein the airbag is mountable in a folded state in the same direction as an outer surface of the cockpit;
- an airbag door locatable in the cockpit at a position facing an occupant knee area, the airbag door being configured to open when the airbag is deployed;
- an absorber located at a front end of the airbag;
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- a guide part surrounding at least two surfaces of the absorber and the airbag, wherein the guide part is located on sides of the airbag in the folded state in a direction perpendicular to the outer surface of the cockpit and a direction of the folded state of the airbag,
- wherein, when an angle in a horizontal direction of the cockpit is smaller than a first reference value, a number of folds of a second folding part of the guide part in the folded state is greater than a number of folds of a first folding part of the guide part in the folded state, and
- wherein the absorber comprises two foams located adjacent to each other when the airbag is in a non-deployed state.
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A vehicle comprising:
- an occupant seat disposed in an interior of the vehicle;
- a cockpit disposed in a front side of the interior of the vehicle;
- an airbag disposed inside the cockpit, the airbag being mounted in a folded state in the same direction as an outer surface of the cockpit;
- an airbag door disposed in the cockpit at a position facing an occupant knee area provided between the cockpit and the occupant seat, the airbag door being configured to open when the airbag is deployed;
- an absorber disposed at a front end of the airbag when the airbag is in a non-deployed state and when the airbag is in a deployed state;
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- a guide part surrounding at least two surfaces of the absorber and the airbag when the airbag is in the non-deployed state and when the airbag is in the deployed state, wherein the guide part is located on sides of the airbag in the folded state in a direction perpendicular to the outer surface of the cockpit and a direction of the folded state of the airbag,
- wherein, when an angle in a horizontal direction of the cockpit is smaller than a first reference value, a number of folds of a second folding part of the guide part in the folded state is greater than a number of folds of a first folding part of the guide part in the folded state, and
- wherein the absorber comprises two foams located adjacent to each other and having a first spacing between the two foams when the airbag is in the non-deployed state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.