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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1985
Toshinori Sakamoto, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Isao Hirashima, Hiroshima, JP;
Mazda Motor Corporation, Hiroshima, JP;
Abstract
A knee protector assembly in a vehicle which comprises an elongated knee protector rigidly secured at its opposite ends to opposite fixed portions of a vehicle body structure so as to extend across the width of the vehicle body structure, a support bracket rigidly mounted on a portion of a floor panel of the vehicle body structure at a position intermediate of the width of the vehicle body structure, and a generally elongated connecting member having its opposite ends rigidly connected respectively to the support bracket and a cowl body of the vehicle body structure. The connecting member is capable of being plastically deformed when loaded with a predetermined load.