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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2020
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Kiyosu, JP;
Aviral Shrivatri, Madison Heights, MI (US);
Shiro Ohara, W Bloomfield, MI (US);
Eugene Lee, Troy, MI (US);
TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD., Aichi-pref., JP;
Abstract
A knee airbag apparatus includes an airbag that is configured to be accommodated in a holder arranged in an instrument panel of a vehicle. The airbag includes an upper inflation portion and a lower inflation portion. The upper inflation portion is configured to be deployed and inflated from the holder along a rear surface of the instrument panel in a rear upward direction to protect a knee of a lea of the occupant. The lower inflation portion is configured to be deployed and inflated from the holder in a downward direction or a diagonally rear downward direction such that a lower end of the lower inflation portion reaches a position where the lower end contacts an instep of a foot of the leg of the occupant or a position lower than the instep to protect the foot of the occupant.