Patent · US Expired

Gas bag for airbag systems

US5178408A · kind A · utility

22Cited by

8References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Kolbenschmidt Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Frank Barrenscheen · Großostheim, DE
Martin Kreuzer · Kleinwallstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 1991
Grant date	Jan 12, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
CPC primaryD10B2505/124
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In an automotive vehicle provided with an inflatable gas bag for protection of an occupant in the event of collision, the improvement wherein the bag is made of a plain-weave woven fabric of synthetic threads and having a top and a bottom, the woven fabric having a sett of 16 to 23 threads per cm, its threads having a denier of at most 470 dtex, low-shrinkage threads being in the bottom of the gas bag and extensive thread being in the top of the gas bag.

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