Knee bolster

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1990-07-18

1991-12-10

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

280732, B60R 21045

Patent

active

050711628

ABSTRACT:
A knee bolster includes a lid for covering the surface of a glove box mounted in an opening made in that surface of an instrument panel opposed to passenger knees and which has a plate-like shock absorbing member mounted thereon, a reinforcing plate disposed along the peripheral edge of the opening and opposed to an outer edge of the back of the shock absorbing member, and a load bearing member fixed at one end thereof to a vehicle body and opposed at the other end to the back of the reinforcing plate. Accordingly, the knee bolster has a large shock absorptivity and is simple in structure and easy to assemble.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4427215 (1984-01-01), Weichenrieder et al.
patent: 4662649 (1987-05-01), Ikeda et al.
patent: 4663210 (1987-05-01), Schreiber et al.

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