Patent ID: 9272681
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B60R

Claim Text:
1. A knee airbag assembly comprising: a housing configured to be mounted to or disposed within a side panel of a vehicle; an inflator; a first airbag cushion that is configured to receive inflation gas from the inflator to expand the first airbag cushion from a compact state within the housing to a deployed state and to deploy inboard of the housing and the side panel to cushion a front side of an outboard lower leg of a front-seat occupant during a collision event in which the front-seat occupant moves in a forward and outboard direction; and a second airbag cushion in fluid communication with the first airbag cushion, wherein the second airbag cushion is configured to extend inboard of the first airbag cushion to cushion a front of a leg of the front-seat occupant during a collision event in which the front-seat occupant moves in a directly forward direction.