US 12,319,219 B2
Apparatus for knee airbag
Byung Seok Kong, Gunpo-si (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/421,905.
Application 18/421,905 is a continuation of application No. 17/962,106, filed on Oct. 7, 2022, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0148388 (KR), filed on Nov. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0157904 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/206 (2011.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B60R 21/16 (2006.01); B60R 21/216 (2011.01)
CPC B60R 21/206 (2013.01) [B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B60R 2021/161 (2013.01); B60R 2021/2161 (2013.01); B60R 2021/23169 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for a knee airbag, the apparatus comprising:
an airbag locatable inside a cockpit in a front side of an interior of a vehicle, wherein the airbag is mountable in a folded state in the same direction as an outer surface of the cockpit;
an airbag door locatable in the cockpit at a position facing an occupant knee area, the airbag door being configured to open when the airbag is deployed;
an absorber located at a front end of the airbag; and
a guide part surrounding at least two surfaces of the absorber and the airbag, wherein the guide part is located on sides of the airbag in the folded state in a direction perpendicular to the outer surface of the cockpit and a direction of the folded state of the airbag,
wherein, when an angle in a horizontal direction of the cockpit is smaller than a first reference value, a number of folds of a second folding part of the guide part in the folded state is greater than a number of folds of a first folding part of the guide part in the folded state, and
wherein the absorber comprises two foams located adjacent to each other when the airbag is in a non-deployed state.