Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1986-03-04
1987-05-05
Bertsch, Richard A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
180 90, 296 70, B60R 2102
Patent
active
046626492
ABSTRACT:
A knee protector in an automobile which comprises an instrument panel arranged in front of a seat within a passenger compartment of the automobile and exiting widthwise of the automobile, and having an opening defined therein, a lid similar in shape to the contour of the opening and supported by the instrument for selectively closing and opening the opening in the instrument panel, a first protector member provided inside the lid, a pair of pin members spaced a distance from each other in a direction widthwise of the automobile and secured to the first protector member so as to protrude in a direction close towards the instrument panel, and a second protector member provided inside the instrument panel and having separate engagement regions defined therein for engagement with the respective pin members when a load acting in a direction frontwardly of the automobile acts on the lid.
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Ikeda Hidekazu
Ono Masayoshi
Bertsch Richard A.
Mazda Motor Corporation
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