Airbag assemblies for vehicles with generous leg room

摘要

Protection systems for vehicle occupants, such as airbag assemblies, can be deployed from within a vehicle. Such airbag assemblies can include a frontal airbag cushion and a knee restraint to absorb an occupant's impact energy during a collision event. Such protection systems can be particularly useful in vehicles that provide generous leg room to an occupant.

主权项

1. An airbag assembly comprising:
a housing to be mounted in a vehicle; a knee airbag cushion to deploy from the housing to cushion one or more knees of an occupant during a collision event of the vehicle; and a frontal airbag cushion to deploy from the housing to cushion one or more of a torso and a head of the occupant during the collision event; wherein the frontal airbag cushion is attached to the knee airbag cushion to restrict forward movement of the frontal airbag cushion during occupant loading; and wherein the frontal airbag cushion does not use an instrument panel or a windshield as a reaction surface.