Occupant knee restraint

Details Occupant knee restraint Occupant knee restraint

1973-10-10

1976-02-17

Wood, Jr., M. Henson

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Coasters

280150B, 180 90, B62d 118, B60r 2102

Patent

active

039388212

ABSTRACT:
A vehicle body includes an energy absorbing steering column having a forward portion rigidly secured to the forward wall of the body and a rearward portion slidably connected by energy absorbing structure to the forward portion for movement forwardly thereof under impact. A rigid bracket structure extends rearwardly from the forward body wall. Impact releasable structure secures the column bracket structure to the rearward portion of the column. The rigid bracket structure guides movement of the column bracket structure during forward movement of the rearward column portion. A knee panel is mounted on the body opposite the driver and includes a center portion which partially surrounds the lower part of the rearward column portion and driver knee deformable side portions to each side of the center portion. A U-shaped bracket has its base secured to the center portion of the knee panel and has its legs straddling the rearward column portion and secured to the rigid bracket structure, to assist in blocking deformation of the center portion into the rearward column portion.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2966952 (1961-01-01), Wilfert
patent: 3341248 (1967-09-01), Barenyli et al.
patent: 3439769 (1969-04-01), Brilmeyer
patent: 3614128 (1971-10-01), Sobkow
patent: 3702081 (1972-11-01), Arnston
patent: 3702706 (1972-11-01), Sobkow
patent: 3774713 (1973-11-01), Stegmaier
patent: 3801126 (1974-04-01), Knight et al.
patent: 3850447 (1974-11-01), Nagazumi et al.

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