| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle occupant protection device capable of miniaturizing the device physique and effectively absorbing the shock when colliding the lower limb of the occupant to the lower limb support. <P>SOLUTION: When a cylinder 10 of an active knee bolster device 2 drives, a tether part 9 is pulled through a wire 17. At this point, the tether part 9 makes link members 11a and 11b stand up by slipping in this side rods 16 and 16 while pushing inner side rods 18 and 18 from the inside in the pair of link member 11a and 11b. In a word, when the tether part 9 is pulled, the pair of link member 11a and 11b takes the movement to turn to the shut direction. As a result, the movement the active knee panel 4 takes the move to the occupant side with tether part 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
