Patent ID: 11897410
Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 13:
14. The knee airbag module recited in claim 13, wherein the deployment flap has a woven fabric construction, and wherein the deployment flap has an overall generally rectangular shape, wherein the deployment flap is configured so that a weave direction of the fabric is oblique to a length and width of the deployment flap, wherein the degree to which the weave direction is oblique to the length and width of the deployment flap, in combination with the angle at which the legs extend, are configured to tailor the shear stress applied to the legs in response to knee airbag deployment so tear strip rupture occurs once the desired degree of initial deployment of the central portion of the knee airbag is achieved.