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Leg protection device

  • US 6,916,039 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2003
  • Issued: 07/12/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A leg protection device for protecting a leg of an occupant in a vehicle, comprising:

  • a gas generator for generating a gas, and a knee bag to be inflated in front of the leg, and having a main chamber formed of a plurality of subchambers arranged in series and including one subchamber directly connected to the gas generator to be inflated by the gas from the gas generator and another subchamber connected to said one subchamber and inflated by the gas passing through said one subchamber, and an auxiliary chamber communicating with said another subchamber to be inflated by the gas from said another subchamber, said auxiliary chamber covering said another subchamber at one side thereof without covering said one subchamber directly connected to the gas generator and extending along the occupant when the knee bag is inflated.

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