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US 8,262,131 B2Granted
Automotive knee bolster system
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsLaike Misikir, Wanjun Lei, Ami Nicole Kapadia
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Abstract
An automotive knee bolster system includes a cross-car beam, and a variable stiffness member attached to the cross-car beam and configured to absorb occupant knee impact energy. The member includes a plurality of nested panels each having a different length and substantially the same radius of curvature.
Claims18
An automotive knee bolster system comprising:
- a cross-car beam;
- and
- a variable stiffness member attached to the cross-car beam and configured to absorb occupant knee impact energy, the member including a plurality of nested panels each having a different length and substantially the same shape along the entire length of each of the panels.
An automotive knee bolster system comprising:
- a cross-car beam;
- and
- a pair of energy absorbing members attached to the cross-car beam, each of the members including a plurality of panels (i) stacked within each other, (ii) having differing lengths, and (iii) having the same shape along the entire length of each of the panels.
An automotive knee bolster system comprising:
- a cross-car beam;
- a pair of members attached to the cross-car beam and configured to absorb occupant knee impact energy, each of the members including at least two nested panels mechanically fixed together and having (i) different lengths, (ii) the same shape along the entire length of each of the panels and (iii) the same thickness;
- and
- a bolster cover to conceal the pair of members.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.