摘要:
An inflatable passenger restraint airbag having an inflatable and transferable gas vent is disclosed. A system and method is provided whereby the force of airbag deployment may be reduced in real time if the airbag strikes an out of position seat occupant. This force reduction is made possible by release of inflation gas at an early stage of deployment through an adjustable gas vent. This gas vent is operable between an open venting position and a closed non-venting position. Whether or not the transfer of the vent occurs in a given deployment situation is determined by the presence or absence of an out of position obstruction in the pathway of the airbag.
摘要:
A profile tuner panel that adjusts an air bag profile for top mounted or ¾ mounted cushions and causes the air bags to have enough rotation around an instrumental panel. The profile tuner panel is a section of fabric that is used to form at least part of the mouth section of the airbag cushion in the desired position with respect to the cushion, the module, and the frame of the car, and is also used to rotate and orient the cushion properly upon deployment.
摘要:
The present disclosure is directed to the use of specific hybrid resins as airbag coatings. Preferably, the polymers used to create these hybrid resins, as described herein, are urethanes blended with acrylates, vinyls, silicones, and combinations thereof, where at least one of the components has a glass transition temperature of 20° C. or less. The urethanes are preferably of the polycarbonate, polytetramethyleneglycol, silicon-based diol, or olefin-based diol type. The hybrid resins may be produced in an aqueous dispersion, in a solvent, or by mixing the polymers together where one polymer is dissolved directly into a second polymer to form a continuous matrix. The resulting hybrid resins exhibit a tensile strength of at least 1,000 p.s.i. and an elongation at break of at least about 200%.
摘要:
An airbag cushion having a novel seam structure including either a tri-stitch fold-over seam structure or a double-stitch fold-over seam structure. The novel seam structure allows airbag cushions to be manufactured by using low tenacity yarns, preferably in the range of between about 40 cN/tex and about 65 cN/tex.
摘要:
An airbag assembly including one or more elongate tether elements that extend through vent openings along travel paths from anchoring locations such that the tether elements extend in sliding relation through the vent openings. The gas emission capacity of the vent openings may be adjustable based on internal cushion pressure.
摘要:
A fabric construction utilizing a tying yarn knitting arrangement wherein a portion of the tying yarns are threaded to engage needles so as to form two stitches with one on either side of the inlay warp yarn at rows of stitch formation. The neighboring stitches resist yarn separation and resultant combing while also blocking the commencement and propagation of de-knitting when a tying yarn is broken thereby enhancing seam strength character.
摘要:
An air bag substrate fabric utilizing a tying yarn knitting arrangement wherein a portion of the tying yarns are threaded to engage needles so as to form two stitches with one on either side of the inlay warp yarn at rows of stitch formation. The neighboring stitches resist yarn separation and resultant combing while also blocking the commencement and propagation of de-knitting when a tying yarn is broken.
摘要:
An airbag construction for a vehicle is described. The construction utilizes non-circular polygon shaped panels, which provide greater nesting efficiency than previously achieved by comparable airbags using round panels. In addition, the construction enables the airbag to take full advantage of the strength of the yarns forming the fabric, and the energy absorption of the fabric construction, enabling the use of lower tenacity yarns and/or materials at comparable levels of performance.
摘要:
An airbag cushion for use in a vehicle restraint system is provided. The airbag cushion is formed from two body panel sections of substantially similar straight line geometry which are joined to one another by two substantially straight seams along corresponding lateral boundary edges. The upper boundary edges of the body panels which are not joined to one another are joined around the perimeter of a rectilinear center panel by a series of substantially straight seams. A method of forming the cushion according to the present invention is also provided.
摘要:
The present invention relates to multi-segment air bag tether panels and to a pattern-wise arrangement of such tether segments in relation to air bag panels on a fabric blank. In one embodiment, the tether panel is comprised of two or more tether segments that are cut in substantial alignment with the warp or the fill of the fabric blank. The tether panels are then connected to one another along their tether-attachment ends to form a functional tether system. This multiple-segment construction decreases the amount of fabric that is used in the manufacture of the air bag and tethers, while providing sufficient elongation for the tether system to be functional.