ADAPTIVE KNEE AIRBAG FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT RESTRAINT DEVICE
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Abstract
A knee airbag (10) for a vehicle occupant restraint device can adopt a deployed position of use between a fixed vehicle component (12) and the legs (14; 16) of a vehicle occupant. The knee airbag (10) comprises an airbag sheath (18), at least one exhaust orifice (20) formed therein and a control means for selectively releasing the exhaust orifice (20). The control means is disposed inside the knee airbag (10) and is arranged so as to release or block the exhaust orifice (20) depending on the expansion of the knee airbag (10) in a particular direction of expansion.
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35 Claims
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19. A knee airbag (10) for a vehicle occupant restraint device adapted to adopt a deployed position of use between a fixed vehicle component (12) and the legs (14;
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16) of a vehicle occupant, comprising;
an airbag sheath (18), at least one exhaust orifice (20) formed therein, and a control means for selectively releasing the exhaust orifice (20), wherein the control means is disposed inside the knee airbag (10) and is arranged so as to release or block the exhaust orifice (20) depending on the expansion of the knee airbag (10) in a particular direction of expansion. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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16) of a vehicle occupant, comprising;
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