Patent ID: 6866294
Filing Date: 2005-03-15
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A knee support for motor vehicles, which is arranged in an area of a control panel inside a body of the motor vehicle and exhibits a transverse frame member, which extends at right angles to a longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle, is held at rigid, lateral body structures, and is provided with at least one generally V-shaped deformation element, which deformation element comprises several hollow brackets and is covered with a support wall of the control panel, facing knees of occupants of the motor vehicle, wherein the deformation element exhibits a first hollow bracket segment which runs without contact along the support wall of the control panel and a second hollow bracket segment which is arranged at an angle in relation to the first hollow bracket segment, whereby the second hollow bracket segment is attached, at an end remote from the first hollow bracket, directly to the transverse frame member.