Method and apparatus for folding an airbag
AssigneeBreed Automotive Technology, Inc.
InventorsStefan Florsheimer, Michael Bieg
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for folding an airbag of a vehicle occupant restraining system, having a conveyor means, in which a first portion of the spread-out airbag is moved in order thus to push a second portion of the airbag against an abutment which has at least one abutment surface extending substantially parallel to the direction of movement, so that the second portion of the airbag is laid in folds. In order to obtain a regularly folded airbag in a particularly simple manner, the conveyor means is formed with at least one rotating conveyor element which can move the first portion of the airbag in the direction of the abutment.
Claims20
A method of folding an airbag for a vehicle occupant restraining system comprising the steps of:
- providing a conveyor means, in which a first portion of the spread-out airbag is moved in order thus to push a second portion of the airbag against an abutment which has at least one abutment surface extending substantially parallel to the direction of movement, so that the second portion of the airbag is laid in folds;
- and moving the first portion of the airbag in the direction of the abutment by means of at least one rotating conveyor element.
An apparatus for folding an airbag of a vehicle occupant restraining system, the apparatus comprising a conveyor means, by means of which a first portion of the spread-out airbag may be moved in order thus to push a second portion of the airbag against an abutment which has at least one abutment surface extending substantially parallel to the direction of movement, so that the second portion of the airbag is laid in folds, the conveyor means is formed by at least one rotating conveyor element which may move the first portion of the airbag in the direction of the abutment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.