Autoliv Development Ab

Harald Schuler

Oliver Adolph

Marco Broussard

Thomas Reiter

Johann Unger

Konrad Gottschalk

Karin Ydrén

Annika Warm

Maria M&uuml;ller

Michael Helbig

A knee air bag apparatus having a housing disposed in or adjoining a lower region of an instrument panel extending from front to rear having an outlet opening. An inflator and a knee air bag are mounted in the housing in the initial state, and in an expanded state deploys in front of the instrument panel. The air bag outer skin has a protective section and a fill and support section. The protective section when expanded state is positioned, in front of the instrument panel. To improve deployment behavior, the fill and support section features a vehicle-front section such that with the knee air bag fully expanded, the front section extends beyond the vehicle front end of the housing in the direction of the vehicle front.

Knee protection apparatus in a motor vehicle and knee air bag module for use in such knee protection apparatus

A knee airbag module for a motor vehicle. The airbag module has a housing which is preferably composed of plastic and has a housing base () and a wall extending from the housing base (), forming an outlet opening. A receptacle is provided in a first wall section. An airbag is folded into the housing, an air generator () which has outflow openings located within the airbag, and a covering element which closes the outlet opening. This covering element has a main section () which lies substantially in one plane, at least one first end section () accommodated in the at least one receptacle, and a second end section () situated opposite the first end section (), extends out of the plane of the main section () and is connected to the housing (). The covering element () is produced from a blank.

Airbag module and vehicle

An airbag housing with a receiving space for a gas generator and an airbag, wherein the receiving space is confined at least by a bottom, side walls, and end walls connecting the side walls, and wherein a fastening section projects from at least one of the walls enabling the airbag housing to be fastened to a vehicle. The bottom, the side walls, the end walls, and the fastening section are formed from a single sheet metal blank.

Airbag housing for an airbag module

A knee air bag apparatus having a housing () disposed in or adjoining a lower region of an instrument panel (I) extending from front to rear having an outlet opening (). An inflator and a knee air bag () are mounted in the housing () in the initial state, and in an expanded state deploys in front of the instrument panel (I). The air bag outer skin has a protective section () and a fill and support section (). The protective section () when expanded state is positioned, in front of the instrument panel (I). To improve deployment behavior, the fill and support section () features a vehicle-front section () such that with the knee air bag () fully expanded, the front section extends beyond the vehicle front end of the housing () in the direction of the vehicle front (FIG.).

Knee protection apparatus in a motor vehicle and knee air bag module for use in such a knee protection apparatus

A knee area protection apparatus for the protection of a vehicle occupant is provided which includes a deployment guiding plate and a support plate each having a top transverse edge, a bottom transverse edge, and side edges. The support plate is securable to the vehicle in a lower area of a seat compartment thereof. The knee area protection apparatus also includes retaining bands to retain and guide an air bag sack as it is deployed as well as to retain and guide the deployment guiding plate, which is moved by the deployment of the air bag sack.

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Niederroth, Germany

Harald Schuler