Knee protection airbag apparatus
First Claim
1. A knee protection airbag apparatus, configured to be mounted in a vehicle and disposed in front of a knee of an occupant seated in a seat, comprising:
- a casing having an opening at a vehicle rear side part thereof and fixedly mounted on a vehicle body, for accommodating a folded knee protection airbag and an inflator supplying an inflating gas to said airbag;
an airbag cover, assembled to said casing so as to be movable in three directions including an upward-downward direction, a left-right direction, and a front-rear direction with respect to said casing, said airbag cover including a door portion which covers said opening of said casing and is opened when said airbag is inflated, and a general portion which is disposed around said door portion and has an upper part that adjoins a vehicle interior component when mounted in said vehicle; and
a knee panel, fixed to said vehicle body, having an opening into which said casing is received;
wherein an upper side portion of said airbag cover is locked to said interior component; and
a lower side portion of said airbag cover is locked to said knee panel so as to be movable substantially only in the upward-downward direction and the left-right direction with respect to said knee panel.
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Abstract
A knee protection airbag apparatus (S), which accommodates an airbag (73) and an inflator (62) and is opened at a vehicle rear side part thereof and has a casing assembly (22) fixedly attached to a vehicle body (B) and also has an airbag cover (46) that has a general portion (47), whose upper part is assembled to a vehicle interior member (19b), and that is assembled to the casing assembly (22). The knee protection airbag apparatus (S) is mounted on a vehicle by assembling the airbag (73), the inflator (62), and the airbag cover (46) to the casing assembly (22). The airbag cover (46) is assembled to a knee panel (27) of the casing assembly (22) in such a manner as to be able to move only in a nearly upward or downward direction and in a nearly left-right direction so as to be enabled to absorb an error in assembling the airbag cover (46) to the interior member to be placed thereabove.
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Citations
7 Claims
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1. A knee protection airbag apparatus, configured to be mounted in a vehicle and disposed in front of a knee of an occupant seated in a seat, comprising:
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a casing having an opening at a vehicle rear side part thereof and fixedly mounted on a vehicle body, for accommodating a folded knee protection airbag and an inflator supplying an inflating gas to said airbag;
an airbag cover, assembled to said casing so as to be movable in three directions including an upward-downward direction, a left-right direction, and a front-rear direction with respect to said casing, said airbag cover including a door portion which covers said opening of said casing and is opened when said airbag is inflated, and a general portion which is disposed around said door portion and has an upper part that adjoins a vehicle interior component when mounted in said vehicle; and
a knee panel, fixed to said vehicle body, having an opening into which said casing is received;
wherein an upper side portion of said airbag cover is locked to said interior component; and
a lower side portion of said airbag cover is locked to said knee panel so as to be movable substantially only in the upward-downward direction and the left-right direction with respect to said knee panel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A knee protection airbag apparatus, configured to be mounted in a vehicle and disposed in front of a knee of an occupant seated in a seat, comprising:
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a casing having an opening at a vehicle rear side part thereof and fixedly mounted on a vehicle body, for accommodating a folded knee protection airbag and an inflator supplying an inflating gas to said airbag; and
an airbag cover, assembled to said casing, having a door portion which covers said opening of said casing and is opened when said airbag is inflated, and a general portion which is disposed around said door portion and has an upper part that adjoins a vehicle interior component when mounted in said vehicle;
wherein an upper side portion of said airbag cover is assembled to said casing so as to be movable in three directions including an upward-downward direction, a left-right direction, and a front-rear direction with respect to said casing; and
a lower side portion of said airbag cover is assembled to said casing so as to be movable substantially only in the upward-downward direction and the nearly left-right direction with respect to said casing.
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