Patent ID: 8684126
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: B60R,B60T,B62D,G05G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rearward pedal movement restraint assembly for a vehicle, in which a knee panel for protecting a knee of an occupant in the event of a frontal collision of the vehicle is attached to an instrument panel reinforcement via a bracket, and which is configured such that a pedal that moves rearward by an impact of the frontal collision is brought into contact with a front end portion of the knee panel at an intermediate portion of the pedal that is below a rotation center of the pedal so that the pedal pivots toward a front of the vehicle, wherein a knee airbag module is attached to a lower side of the knee panel, the bracket includes an upper bracket that is plastically deformable by a load that is input into the knee panel from the knee of the occupant and a lower bracket that is able to support a reaction force induced by deployment of a knee airbag, and the lower bracket is fixed to a front end side of the knee panel, and each of the front end portion of the knee panel, which is brought into contact with the intermediate portion of the pedal, and an intermediate portion of the knee panel in a vertical direction is provided with a fastening-fixing portion for fastening and fixing the knee airbag module and the knee panel.