Patent ID: 8172264
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A vehicle knee bolster installation for an automotive vehicle having: a glove box bin and covering door adapted to extend across a space forward of a passenger's knees, said installation comprising: a pair of spaced apart knee impact absorber structures each interposed between said glove box door and fixed vehicle structure forward of said glove box door; each of said knee impact absorber structures comprising a front and a back wall, each wall generally planar and extending generally vertically said front wall attached to said glove box door, a curved top wall connecting upper ends of said front and back walls; and a curved bottom wall connecting bottom ends of said front and back walls, and a curved generally horizontal intermediate web connecting said front and back walls of each of said knee impact absorber structures at an intermediate vertical location thereof to form a plurality of structure cells within said walls; a generally vertical stabilizer web located between said front and back walls and extending along the depth thereof connecting said curved top wall and said curved intermediate web to form two crush cells above said intermediate web to restrain excessive bulging and collapse of said top wall and intermediate web thereof upon impact.