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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2004
Kazuki Funakura, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Nagata, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Kawashima, Tokyo, JP;
Calsonic Kansei Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A knee bolster structure includes a vehicle-side member, a knee-receiving member, an impact-absorbing section for absorbing an input energy from knees of a driver or front-seat passenger when the knees hit the knee-receiving section, and a knee-receiving member movement section for moving the knee-receiving member to a knee-receiving position for the driver or front-seat passenger, said knee-receiving member being attached to the vehicle-side member via the impact-absorbing section and the knee-receiving member movement section, the impact-absorbing section being structurally separated from the knee-receiving member movement section.