Patent ID: 7997610

Claim:
A knee airbag device comprising: an airbag module that is provided inside a column cover that covers a rear end portion of a steering column, and that includes a gas generation device that generates gas when a collision occurs or when it is predicted that the collision will occur, and a knee airbag that is inflated and deployed from a folded state when the knee airbag receives the gas from the gas generation device; and an airbag door that is provided in a lower portion of the column cover, and that is opened when an inflation pressure of the knee airbag is equal to or higher than a predetermined value, wherein: when the knee airbag is inflated and deployed, a side door of the airbag is positioned between an interfering object and at least a portion of the knee airbag, the interfering object being positioned in an area on a side of the column cover and being disposed in the path of the opening side door.