Patent ID: 8876159

Claim:
A knee airbag arrangement for vehicles with an instrument panel and a passenger compartment, comprising an airbag module ( 1 ), which is arranged in a lower portion of the instrument panel of the vehicle, said lower portion is not visible from the passenger compartment, an airbag ( 2 ), said airbag ( 2 ) comprises a knee impact area ( 4 ), which is designed to intercept the knees of a vehicle occupant in the inflated state of the airbag ( 2 ), a lower area ( 3 ) and an intermediate area ( 5 ) arranged between the lower area ( 3 ) and the knee impact area ( 4 ), wherein the airbag ( 2 ) exhibits an area of smaller cross section relative to the knee impact area between the airbag module ( 1 ) and the knee impact area ( 4 ); wherein the airbag ( 2 ) comprises at least one gas guiding wall formed of fabric material, said gas guiding wall is sewed inside the airbag and has a width being greater in the knee impact area than in the lower area ( 3 ) and in the intermediate area ( 5 ), said gas guiding wall extends substantially in a flow direction of the gas flowing into the airbag when the airbag ( 2 ) is triggered.