Patent ID: 8882144
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A knee collision protection structure for a vehicle, comprising: a glove box provided at a lower portion of an instrument panel and including a storage part and a panel part provided to stand on a cabin side of the storage part and configuring part of the instrument panel; a shaft member provided on the vehicle front side than the panel part of the glove box and on the upper side than the storage part and extending in a vehicle widthwise direction; a deck cross pipe provided on the vehicle front side than the instrument panel and extending in the vehicle widthwise direction; and a pair of left and right knee protectors disposed above the storage part and each having one end portion connected to the deck cross pipe and the other end portion provided on the vehicle rear side than the one end portion; wherein the glove box is provided so as to rotate around the shaft member when a knee of an occupant seated on a seat opposed to the glove box collides with a lower portion of the panel part than the shaft member.