Patent ID: 8820787

Claim:
A knee bolster of a vehicle, which is provided in front of an instrument panel and receives an impact load from a knee of a passenger via the instrument panel, wherein a vehicle component's member is provided in front of an instrument panel separately from the knee bolster, the knee bolster comprising: a curved arm, one end portion of which is fixed to a vehicle-body member, the curved arm projecting rearward from the one end portion thereof and extending downward so as to form a curved portion thereof in a side view, the other end portion of the curved arm being configured as a free end without being fixed to the vehicle-body member; an inside arm provided inside said curved portion of the curved arm so as to form a space portion between the inside arm and the curved portion of the curved arm, the inside arm interconnecting an upper portion and a lower portion of said curved arm, the inside arm including a bending portion at a middle portion thereof, which projects rearward toward the curved portion of the curved arm in the space portion and is configured to be deformable so as to contact an inside portion of the curved portion of the curved arm when the curved arm is deformed by receiving the impact load; and an impact absorbing member arranged at the other end portion of said curved arm, the impact absorbing member projecting toward said vehicle component's member from the other end portion of the curved arm without contacting the vehicle component's member, the impact absorbing member being configured to be deformable, when said curved arm is deformed by receiving said impact load, so as to contact the vehicle component's member and crush between the other end of the curved arm deformed and the vehicle component's member, wherein said knee bolster is arranged, in the side view, relative to said vehicle component's member such that the vehicle component's member is located in a space which is formed in front of the knee bolster by being enclosed by the upper portion of said curved arm, said inside arm, and the lower portion of the curved arm.