SIDE PANEL KNEE AIRBAGS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES

    公开(公告)号:US20240326732A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18127596

    申请日:2023-03-28

    申请人: Autoliv ASP, Inc.

    发明人: Aaron Treglown

    IPC分类号: B60R21/2338 B60R21/217

    摘要: Airbag cushions and related assemblies configured to protect the lower extremities of a vehicle occupant and reduce the chances of leg slide off during deployment using one or more side panels. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an inflatable cushion comprising a top panel, a bottom panel coupled with the top panel, and two side panels, which may be coupled with the top and bottom panels. The side panels may be positioned, in an inflated configuration, opposite from one another and may be configured, upon deployment, to increase surface area contact with the occupant's lower extremities and/or to inhibit the occupant's lower extremities from sliding off of the inflatable cushion during deployment.

    Knee airbag
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12060024B1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-13

    申请号:US18105949

    申请日:2023-02-06

    摘要: A knee airbag includes overlying panels interconnected along a perimeter connection to define an inflatable volume of the knee airbag. The knee airbag includes a filling portion and a cushion portion. The filling portion is configured to receive inflation fluid from an inflator and to direct the inflation fluid from the inflator to the cushion portion. The cushion portion has a width that is greater than a width of the filling portion and extends laterally beyond the width of the filling portion on opposite sides of the filling portion. The knee airbag also includes at least one tether having a first end connected to the cushion portion and an opposite second having a connection configured to anchor the at least one tether. The at least one tether is configured to limit movement of the cushion portion and to help position the cushion portion relative to a vehicle surface for which the knee airbag is configured to help prevent impacts from a vehicle occupant.

    KNEE AIRBAG ASSEMBLIES
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180345899A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15610954

    申请日:2017-06-01

    申请人: Autoliv ASP, Inc.

    IPC分类号: B60R21/233 B60R21/239

    摘要: Airbag assemblies are disclosed that include inflatable knee airbags. The knee airbags can include panel(s) forming a main chamber that provides a primary cushioning protection zone to a lower leg of a vehicle occupant. The knee airbags can further include an external chamber panel coupled to a rearward surface of an occupant-facing panel, external to the main inflatable chamber, to form an external chamber facing the occupant. Vent(s) through the occupant-facing panel can communicate inflation gas from the main chamber to the external chamber to fill a space between the vehicle and the lower leg of the occupant, and to control timing of inflation of the external chamber to cause it to inflate on lateral sides of the lower leg of the occupant to thereby limit lateral movement of the lower leg relative to the vehicle.

    OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE
    7.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180272984A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-27

    申请号:US15850373

    申请日:2017-12-21

    发明人: Isamu NAGASAWA

    IPC分类号: B60R21/231

    CPC分类号: B60R21/231 B60R2021/23169

    摘要: An occupant protection device includes a knee air bag. The knee air bag is configured to be deployed rearwardly from a front of right and left knees of an occupant seated in a seat of a vehicle towards the knees to press the knees from the front. The knee air bag includes at least either one of a right side inclined surface and a left side inclined surface. The right side inclined surface is configured to come in contact, from a right side, with the right knee of the occupant seated in the seat and the left side inclined surface is configured to come in contact with the left knee of the occupant from a left side.

    OCCUPANT PROTECTION DEVICE
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180118149A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-03

    申请号:US15795342

    申请日:2017-10-27

    IPC分类号: B60R21/206 B60R21/20

    摘要: Provided is an occupant protection device which is disposed together with an under-cover of an instrument panel, has a harness connected to an inflator and protects a knee portion of an occupant, including a case in which a first surface is disposed along a lower end of the under-cover and the harness is disposed on a side surface intersecting the first surface and extending in forward and backward direction of a vehicle, and an overhanging portion configured to protrude from a side surface of the case on a lower side of the harness in a vehicle width direction.