Patent ID: 8128121
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A knee airbag device mounted on a steering column of a vehicle, comprising: a knee airbag module that is fixed to a vehicle lower side of the steering column, and includes a folded knee airbag, an inflator that supplies gas to the knee airbag, and a module case that houses the knee airbag and the inflator; a wiring connector provided at one end of the inflator; a connector of a wiring harness that extends from the steering column and connects with the wiring connector provided at one end of the inflator; a column cover that covers a rear end portion of the steering column; a notch that provides a working space for connecting the connector of the wire harness and the wiring connector provided at the one end of the inflator, the notch being formed in a side wall of a lower cover that forms a lower portion, with respect to the vehicle, of the column cover, at a location opposite the wiring connector so as to be open on an upper side, with respect to the vehicle, of the side wall; and a lid that closes the notch after the wiring harness is connected, the lid being formed on an upper cover that provides a vehicle-upper-side portion of the column cover so as to protrude downward, with respect to the vehicle, from a vehicle-lower side end portion of the upper cover and being mounted in the notch from the upper side with respect to the vehicle.