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Airbag assemblies for vehicles with generous leg room

  • US 9,487,177 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2015
  • Issued: 11/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An airbag assembly comprising:

  • a housing to be mounted in a vehicle;

    a knee airbag cushion to deploy from the housing to cushion one or more knees of an occupant during a collision event of the vehicle; and

    a frontal airbag cushion to deploy from the housing to cushion one or more of a torso and a head of the occupant during the collision event;

    wherein the frontal airbag cushion is attached to the knee airbag cushion to restrict forward movement of the frontal airbag cushion during occupant loading; and

    wherein the frontal airbag cushion does not use an instrument panel or a windshield as a reaction surface.

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