Airbag
AssigneeTK Holdings Inc.
InventorsPongdet Paul WIPASURAMONTON, Mark Andrew STEINBACH, James Peter KARLOW
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Abstract
An airbag is provided which includes at least one fabric panel and a structural seam. The structural seam includes an adhesive but does not include stitching. Such stitching tends to weaken the fabric of airbags and causes a higher denier fabric with higher strength to be used to offset the loss in strength, but this in turn produces an airbag of greater weight due to the high denier fabric. By providing an airbag with a structural seam provided by an adhesive without stitching, an airbag may be lighter and may be inflated in less time.
Claims14
An airbag for protecting a vehicle occupant, comprising:
- an inflatable chamber;
- a fabric panel forming a wall of the inflatable chamber;
- and
- a structural seam located on the fabric panel and forming a boundary of the inflatable chamber, wherein the structural seam includes only an adhesive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.