Low risk deployment passenger airbag system with knee...

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2007-05-15

2010-06-08

Dickson, Paul N (Department: 3616)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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Reexamination Certificate

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07731229

ABSTRACT:
A passenger airbag system is designed for an automotive vehicle with a passenger compartment, a windshield and an instrument panel disposed between the passenger compartment and the windshield. The instrument panel has a top portion adjacent the windshield, a lower surface generally directed toward the legs of an occupant and a mid-portion with a surface that extends between the top and lower portions. The system includes a first airbag and a second airbag both disposed in the instrument panel. Each airbag has a cushion deployable from the housing through the instrument panel along a predetermined path for direct contact with an occupant seated in the passenger compartment. The second airbag has a lower portion when deployed that fills a space between the occupant's lower extremities and the lower portion of the instrument panel and thus acts as a knee airbag.

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USPTO Office Action mailed on Jun. 23, 2009 for co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 11/531,483, filed Sep. 13, 2006.

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