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Steering column device with knee airbag device

  • US 20080217890A1
  • Filed: 02/25/2008
  • Published: 09/11/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A steering column device with a knee airbag device, comprising:

  • a steering column provided with a telescopic mechanism;

    a column cover that covers a rear end portion of the steering column;

    an airbag module that is provided inside the column cover, and that includes a gas generation device that is operated to generate gas, and a knee airbag that is inflated and deployed from a folded state by the gas generated by the gas generation device;

    an airbag door that is provided in the column cover, and that is opened when the airbag door receives an inflation pressure of the knee airbag;

    a collision prediction device that predicts that a vehicle will have a collision with a collision object; and

    a control device that operates the telescopic mechanism so that each of the column cover and the airbag module is moved rearward to a predetermined position, when the collision prediction device predicts that the vehicle will have a collision with the collision object.

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