Occupant knee protection system for vehicle and inflating...

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2011-05-17

2011-05-17

Dickson, Paul N. (Department: 3616)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

C280S742000

Reissue Patent

active

RE042364

ABSTRACT:
An occupant knee protection system for a vehicle (10) has an airbag (11), which is folded and stored in a part of a vehicle, inflate and deploy in front of the occupant's knees by gas supplied from an inflator (12), so as to protect the occupant's knees. The airbag (11) has in its inside a tether (11c) (gas flow dividing portion whose front and rear end portions are connected to front and rear walls (11a,11b) of the airbag (11), both walls being arranged in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, so as to appropriately regulate a longitudinal thickness (D) of the airbag (11)) for dividing a gas flow from the inflator (12) in right and left directions of the vehicle.

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