Patent ID: 7147247

Claim:
An occupant knee protection system for a vehicle, comprising: an inflator; an airbag which is folded and stored in a part of the vehicle, that is inflated and deployed in front of knees of an occupant by a gas supplied form the inflator for protecting knees of the occupant; and a gas flow dividing portion that divides a gas flow from the inflator in right and left directions of the vehicle is provided inside the airbag, characterized in that: the gas flow dividing portion is formed in a predetermined length in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, front and rear end portions of the gas flow dividing portion being connected to front and rear walls, that are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, of the airbag, that the inflator is disposed at an upper end portion or lower end portion of the airbag as viewed in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and that a direction of the gas flow from the inflator is in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and the gas flow dividing portion is formed in a mountain shape which protrudes against the gas flow from the inflator.