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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2022
Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Seok Hoon Ko, Yongin-si, KR;
Do Hyoung Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A knee airbag configured to rapidly restrain the knees of a passenger and reduce the risk of injury to the passenger by changing a deployment angle of the airbag depending on a seated state of the passenger, the knee airbag including an airbag module coupled to a hinge structure inside a cockpit and configured to rotate around the hinge structure to change a deployment direction of a cushion, a driving unit configured to provide rotational force to the airbag module, and a controller configured to adjust a rotation angle of the airbag module by operating the driving unit based on the seated state of the passenger.