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US 2019/0337480 A1Published application
Vehicle airbag
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorLou Albert Giedeman, III
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Abstract
An airbag assembly includes an airbag and a tether. The tether includes a first end portion extending from the airbag, a second end portion spaced from the airbag, and an intermediate portion having a first strap and a second strap extending between and meeting each other at the first end portion and the second end portion. The first end portion, the second end portion, and the intermediate portion are monolithic.
Claims19
An airbag assembly, comprising:
- an airbag;
- and
- a tether including a first end portion extending from the airbag, a second end portion spaced from the airbag, and an intermediate portion having a first strap and a second strap extending between and meeting each other at the first end portion and the second end portion;
- and
- the first end portion, the second end portion, and the intermediate portion are monolithic.
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A method of forming an airbag tether, comprising:
- providing a roll of woven fabric, the roll elongated along an axis, the woven fabric having a first end portion and a second end portion spaced from each other along the axis and each having a single panel, and an intermediate portion extending between the first end portion and the second end portion and having double panels;
- unrolling an amount of the woven fabric from the roll;
- cutting a tether from the unrolled amount of woven fabric along the first end portion, the second end portion, and the intermediate portion to separate the tether from the roll of woven fabric;
- and
- fixing the tether to a component of an airbag assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.