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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2010
Gerardo Mendez, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
Gerardo Mendez, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
TK Holdings Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A knee airbag module for protecting a vehicle occupant comprising a housing containing an inflatable airbag and an inflator for providing gas for inflating the airbag; and wherein the airbag is configured to inflate and deploy out of the housing into a position forward of the knees of the occupant; where the airbag includes front and rear panels that are connected together to form an inflatable chamber; wherein when the airbag deploys the front panel is positioned adjacent to an instrument panel of the vehicle and the rear panel is positioned adjacent to the occupant; wherein the cross-sectional vertical length of the front panel is shorter than the cross-sectional vertical length of the rear panel thereby causing the airbag to deploy upwardly.