Airbag assemblies for vehicles with generous leg room
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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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Abstract
Protection systems for vehicle occupants, such as airbag assemblies, can be deployed from within a vehicle. Such airbag assemblies can include a frontal airbag cushion and a knee restraint to absorb an occupant'"'"'s impact energy during a collision event. Such protection systems can be particularly useful in vehicles that provide generous leg room to an occupant.
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1. An airbag assembly comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An airbag assembly comprising:
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a housing configured to be mounted forward of a vehicle occupant; a knee restraint that is configured to deploy away from the housing to extend rearward toward an occupant of the vehicle compartment to cushion one or more knees of the occupant during a collision event; a frontal airbag cushion that is configured to deploy from one or more of the housing and the knee restraint; and receive inflation gas from an inflator 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 restraint and the knee restraint restricts forward movement of the frontal airbag cushion during occupant loading; wherein the frontal airbag cushion does not use an instrument panel or a windshield as a reaction surface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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