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Passenger leg protection apparatus

  • US 6,945,562 B2
  • Filed: 01/23/2003
  • Issued: 09/20/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A passenger leg protection apparatus for protecting legs of a passenger in a vehicle, comprising:

  • a case to be attached to the vehicle, a gas generating unit disposed in the case for generating a gas, and an airbag disposed in the case in a folded state and connected to the gas generating unit to be inflated by the gas generated from the gas generating unit and deployed from the case, said airbag having a folded portion folded along lateral folding lines continuously in a plurality of times in a same direction so that the folded portion is deployed vertically while rolling when the airbag is inflated, and at least one side body, said airbag being folded along the lateral folding lines and then the at least one side body being folded along vertical folding lines.

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