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.
Claims20
An apparatus for a knee airbag, the apparatus comprising:
- an airbag located inside a cockpit 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;
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- a guide part surrounding at least two surfaces of the absorber and the airbag.
The apparatus of claim ii, further comprising a deploy part engaged with an inner surface of the airbag door, wherein a first end of the deploy part is located on both ends of the airbag door and a second end of the deploy part is fixed to and located on an inner side of the cockpit.
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;
- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.