Patent ID: 8840142

Claim:
A vehicle occupant knee protection apparatus comprising: a knee panel to which load is input upon a collision of a vehicle; a lower bracket of which a lower end is fixed to a lower end portion of the knee panel; an upper bracket of which a rear end is fixed to an upper end portion of the knee panel and at which multiple creases that are to be bent in response to the load being input are provided in a longitudinal row; and a knee airbag module that is arranged near a portion, at a side where the lower bracket is present, of the knee panel and that is fixed to the knee panel, wherein an upper end of the lower bracket is fixed to a front end portion of the upper bracket and a front end of the upper bracket is fixed to an instrument panel reinforcement; an attachment portion of the knee airbag module via which the knee airbag module is fixed to the knee panel is located higher than the lower end of the lower bracket; and another attachment portion of the knee airbag module via which the knee airbag module is fixed to the knee panel is located lower than the lower end of the lower bracket.