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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1988
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An automotive knee bolster for supporting a knee of a vehicle occupant in case of a frontal vehicle crash, comprising: a deformable, energy absorbing member adapted to be placed opposite to a knee of a vehicle occupant; and a substantially rigid, load spreading member attached thereto to spread an impact force applied thereto by the knee to a large area of the energy absorbing member. Since the impact load from the knee is spread over the entire energy absorbing member without producing any localized deformation which would give rise to buckling deformation, the energy absorbing member can absorb a maximum amount of energy at a controlled rate without applying excessive resistance to the knee.