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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2010
Applicant:
Mark L. Enders, Pleasant View, UT (US);
Inventor:
Mark L. Enders, Pleasant View, UT (US);
Assignee:
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/206 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inflatable knee airbag is typically stored in a packaged state within an airbag housing. The housing often has a cover, which can be either a cosmetic cover or an unfinished cover, if the cover will not be readily visible to an occupant. During inflatable airbag deployment, the housing may contribute to determining the airbag's trajectory. A car-forward portion of an airbag housing that is horizontally oriented may rotate in a car-downward direction to allow a deployment trajectory of the deploying airbag to be more vertically oriented.