Patent ID: 8297650

Claim:
An inflatable knee airbag assembly comprising: an inflatable knee airbag; an inflator coupled to the inflatable knee airbag; and a housing coupled to the inflator, wherein in a packaged configuration, the inflatable knee airbag is contained within the housing and the housing is in a contracted configuration, wherein the housing comprises a car-upward portion opposite from a car-downward portion, wherein the housing comprises a car-forward wall opposite from a car-rearward opening, wherein in a deployed configuration, the car-downward portion has rotated about a hinge such that the housing is in an extended configuration, wherein the car-forward wall has a greater height in the extended configuration than in the contracted configuration, wherein the inflatable knee airbag exits the housing in a car-rearward direction via the car-rearward opening of the housing, and wherein the car-rearward opening of the housing has a height that remains the same in the deployed configuration and in the contracted configuration.