Expandable rigid knee airbag system

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2005-04-05

2005-04-05

Fleming, Faye M. (Department: 3616)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

C280S752000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06874811

ABSTRACT:
An inflatable rigid knee airbag system for assisting in positioning and decelerating a vehicle occupant is disclosed. The system includes an inflatable knee airbag having a front panel, an annular, accordion-folded bellows panel, and a rear panel having an inflation orifice and mounting brackets; and a pyrotechnic inflator. The system helps to improve the kinematics of a vehicle occupant in relation to a primary airbag cushion by bolstering the knees of the occupant. The system of the invention may be mounted in a vehicle in a panel under the steering column, in the door of a glove box, or in the lower section of the instrument panel of the vehicle directly in front of the occupant's lower legs.

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