To provide a knee airbag device for a vehicle which can prevent direct contact between an instrument panel component and the lower leg parts of an occupant while maintaining the performance of restraining the knee parts of the occupant by a knee airbag.SOLUTION: A knee airbag device 10 for a vehicle comprises: an airbag door 26 provided in a region opposite to a driver's seat 14, in an instrument panel 16; a knee airbag 24 which is stored in a folded state on the vehicle front side of the airbag door 26, and which, by the supply of gas into its inside, deploys the airbag door 26 and is inflated and deployed toward the side of knee parts LK of an occupant P seated in the driver's seat 14; and a protection flap 42 which hangs down from a region opposite to lower leg parts LC of the seated occupant P, in the knee airbag 24 in an inflated and deployed state, and which is interposed between the tip part of a lower side door 26B and the lower leg parts LC of the occupant P and is extended to a vehicle lower side below the tip part of the lower side door 26B.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
【課題】ニーエアバッグによる乗員の膝部の拘束性能を維持しつつ、インストルメントパネルの部品と乗員の下腿部との直接接触を防ぐことができる車両用ニーエアバッグ装置を提供する。【解決手段】車両用ニーエアバッグ装置10は、インストルメントパネル16における運転席14の対向部位に設けられたエアバッグドア26と、エアバッグドア26の車両前方側に折り畳まれた状態で格納され、内部にガスが供給されることによりエアバッグドア26を展開させて運転席14に着座した乗員Pの膝部LK側へ膨張展開されるニーエアバッグ24と、膨張展開状態のニーエアバッグ24において着座乗員Pの下腿部LCと対向する部位から垂れ下がり、下側ドア26Bの先端部と乗員Pの下腿部LCとの間に介在されかつ下側ドア26Bの先端部よりも車両下方側へ延在された保護フラップ42と、を有する。【選択図】図1
KNEE AIRBAG DEVICE FOR VEHICLE
車両用ニーエアバッグ装置
2019-03-07
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Japanisch
IPC: | B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR |
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