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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2015
Autoliv Development Ab, Vårgårda, SE;
Harald Schuler, Niederroth, DE;
Oliver Adolph, Hebertshausen, DE;
Autoliv Development AB, Vårgårda, SE;
Abstract
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.).