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US 2008/0290635 A1Published application
Continuous side airbag seam
AssigneeIrvin Automotive Products, Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Wieczorek, Timothy Owen Hamlin
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AssigneeIrvin Automotive Products, Inc.
InventorsJoseph P. Wieczorek, Timothy Owen Hamlin
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A continuous side airbag seam for use in a seat of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The seam includes a first material and a second material or a combination of materials joined to one another. The seam further may include any known thread member used to join the first material to the second material. The seam will extend from a portion near the top of the side panel of the seat cover to a portion near the back of the side panel of the seat cover. The seam will be continuous from the top portion to the back portion of the side panel cover of the seat. The continuous seam will have a predetermined shaped curve therein. The predetermined shaped curve will allow for quicker deployment of both the thorax section and pelvis section of an advanced two part side airbag to deploy both downward and forward in a controlled manner.
A seam for use in a seat of a vehicle having an airbag deploying through the seam in crash situations, said seam including:
A seat for use in an automotive vehicle having crash protection arranged therein, said seat including:
A method of deploying an airbag from a seat in a vehicle during a crash situation, said method including the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.