Patent ID: 9180835
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A knee airbag device for a vehicle, comprising: a gas generation portion that, at least one of when a frontal collision occurs or when a frontal collision is predicted, operates and generates gas; a knee airbag main body portion that is formed in a thin bag shape and that is inflated and expanded along a lower portion design surface of an instrument panel by gas being supplied from the gas generation portion, a size of the knee airbag main body portion being capable of covering both knee areas of an occupant, from small-bodied occupants to large-bodied occupants; and vertical direction dividing portions that are disposed inside the knee airbag main body portion, wherein the vertical direction dividing portions: wherein the gas is supplied from the gas generation portion to the interior of a root portion of the knee airbag main body portion and hence flows along outer sides of left and right the vertical direction dividing portions.