Knee-bag and occupant leg protection apparatus
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorsKazuhiro Abe, Masayoshi Kumagai, Yoshiki Murakami
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Abstract
A knee-bag to be inflated in front of an occupant leg includes a first member facing the occupant, a second member facing the first member, and a tether provided in the knee-bag for connecting the first member and the second member. The tether extends in a lateral direction and has end portions in a thickness direction of the knee-bag, and lateral ends in the lateral direction. At least one of the lateral ends has a portion located inwardly in the lateral direction so that air-flow spaces are formed between a left end of the tether and a left side of the knee-bag and between a right end of the tether and a right side of the knee-bag.
Claims8
A knee-bag to be inflated in front of an occupant leg, comprising:
- a first member facing the occupant,
- a second member facing the first member, and
- a tether provided in the knee-bag for connecting the first member and the second member, said tether extending in a lateral direction and having end portions in a thickness direction of the knee-bag, and lateral ends in the lateral direction, at least one of the lateral ends having a portion located inwardly in the lateral direction so that air-flow spaces are formed between a left end of the tether and a left side of the knee-bag and between a right end of the tether and a right side of the knee-bag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.