Mazda Motor Corporation

Masayuki Kotoh

Toshiteru Yoshimura

Katsunori Monden

Takayuki Kobayashi

Norihiro Tomita

Masayosi Ono

A knee protector structure provided facing knees of a passenger seated in a front seat of a vehicle for stopping a forward movement of the passenger by the knees to lighten a collision impact applied to the passenger comprising front body means for mounting a knee protector, protecting panel provided in the knee protector for being brought into contact with the knees in case of collision. The protecting panel has an upper panel portion and a lower panel portion. The lower panel portion having a rigidity smaller than the lower panel portion so that the lower panel portion is deformed greater than the upper panel portion when the knees are brought into contact with the knee protector in case of the collision.

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Hiroshima, Japan

Masayuki Kotoh