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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2003
Robert Arwood, Fraser, MI (US);
Eric Baumbach, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Robert Block, Clarkston, MI (US);
John Cooper, Oxford, MI (US);
Kaustubh Bedekar, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Pat Atkinson, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Robert Arwood, Fraser, MI (US);
Eric Baumbach, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Robert Block, Clarkston, MI (US);
John Cooper, Oxford, MI (US);
Kaustubh Bedekar, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Pat Atkinson, Grand Blanc, MI (US);
Key Safety Systems, Inc., Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Abstract
A knee bolster for a vehicle has an air bag and an air bag inflator. The air bag has an inflated condition and a deflated condition. The air bag is attached to the knee bolster, which is moveable with the air bag. The knee bolster may move from an unactuated position when the air bag is in the deflated condition to an actuated position when the air bag is inflated. A guide structure, which is attached to the knee bolster directs the bolster along a linear path from the unactuated position to the actuated position.