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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2022
Autoliv Development Ab, Vargarda, SE;
Yutaka Nakajima, Kasumigaura, JP;
Takanari Muroya, Kasumigaura, JP;
Ryota Ishigaki, Kasumigaura, JP;
Autoliv Development AB, Vargarda, SE;
Abstract
A knee airbag device according to the present invention includes: an airbag that restrains a lower extremity of an occupant by expanding and deploying below an instrument panel of a vehicle; and an inflator that supplies expansion gas to the airbag. The airbag includes, when the inside of the vehicle is a first side and the outside of the vehicle is a second side, a first portion positioned on the first side and a second portion positioned on the second side. Furthermore, the first portion of the airbag protrudes more toward the occupant side than the second portion.