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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2002
Masahiro Takimoto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshio Mizuno, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toru Koyama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kazumasa Suzuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masahiro Takimoto, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshio Mizuno, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toru Koyama, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kazumasa Suzuki, Aichi-ken, JP;
Atsushi Nagata, Aichi-ken, JP;
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd., Aich-ken, JP;
Abstract
In a knee protecting airbag device of the present invention, an airbag is folded and housed on the front side of the knees of a seated passenger. The airbag is protruded rearward of a vehicle from a protruding opening and expanded and inflated upward, when an inflating gas flows in. And, the airbag is arranged on the front side of the knees of the passenger between a member on the body side and the knees of the passenger thereby to protect the knees of the passenger. The protruding opening has a transverse width size set within a range of ⅛ to ⅔ of the transverse width size of the airbag having completed its expansion and inflation.