Patent ID: 7314232
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A driver leg restraint apparatus disposed on a lower side of a steering column, comprising: an airbag upwardly inflatable in a vicinity of a lower surface of a steering column cover; and a protection cloth attached to the airbag for covering a top part of the airbag opposite to a car key device when the airbag is inflated, the protection cloth having one side coupled to an instrument panel side of the airbag and the other side coupled to a driver side of the airbag without connecting to the top part of the airbag, wherein the protection cloth is configured not to be torn or detached when the airbag is inflated and has a length greater than a length of the airbag from a rear coupling portion between the protection cloth and the instrument panel side of the airbag to a front coupling portion between the protection cloth and the driver side of the airbag through the top part so that when the airbag is fully inflated, the protection cloth is positioned on the top part of the airbag to form a space between the protection cloth and the top part of the airbag, said space absorbing an impact applied to the protection cloth by the car key to thereby protect the airbag.