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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2019
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Jun Ho Bang, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Ji Yong Yim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Seok Hoon Ko, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Do Hyung Kim, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul, KR;
Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul, KR;
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A knee airbag for vehicles is provided. The knee airbag includes a lower crash pad that has a panel shape to block a steering column to prevent exposure of the steering column to an indoor space of a vehicle, and includes a housing unit having recesses dented toward the steering column such that the housing unit is spaced apart from the steering column by a designated distance. An airbag module of the knee airbag includes an inflator and a cushion and contained in the housing unit of the lower crash pad to deploy the cushion toward a driver's knee outside the lower crash pad when the cushion is deployed by explosion of the inflator.