Patent ID: 9656625
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B60R

Claim:
1. A knee airbag apparatus comprising: a housing for installation in an instrument panel of a vehicle, an airbag received in the housing in a form of a folded airbag and deployable from the housing forward of knees of a passenger, the airbag including a front panel for deployment adjacent to the instrument panel and a rear panel for deployment adjacent to the knees of the passenger; and an inflator installed in the housing to supply gas to the airbag, wherein the folded airbag includes: wherein an upward downward length of the rear panel is greater than an upward downward length of the front panel such that the rear panel includes a wrinkle portion formed by folding of a lower portion of the rear panel, the wrinkle portion deployed about a connecting part where the housing is connected to the instrument panel so as to form an additional inflatable portion, and the wrinkle portion is disposed between the upper folded part and the lower folded part.