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AssigneeToyoda Gosei Co., Ltd.
InventorsDaniel Bujaidar, Srinivas Krishnan, Roland Dominic Furtado, Joshua Anthony Avery, David Stanley Dylong
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Various methods are disclosed for folding a driver occupant airbag for incorporation into an associated airbag module. One method includes steps of positioning the airbag on a working surface, pinching at least one portion of an edge of the airbag along a rapid deployment axis of the airbag, laterally compressing the airbag, and longitudinally compressing the laterally compressed airbag to provide an installation-ready airbag component suitable for installation into an airbag module. Pinching the airbag at one or more locations along the rapid deployment axis during folding may cause the pinched airbag portions to deploy more rapidly than other portions of the airbag when the airbag is inflated. Alternative folding methods are also disclosed.
A method of folding an airbag to provide an installation-ready airbag component for an airbag module, the method comprising steps of:
The airbag of claim 16, wherein the rapid deployment axis is a 12 o'clock-6 o'clock axis.
The airbag of claim 20, wherein the portion of the edge of the airbag comprises a portion of the airbag edge wrapped over the other portion of the airbag along a fold line extending perpendicular to the rapid deployment axis.
The airbag of claim 16, wherein the at least one pinched edge portion is pinched until it reaches a location where inflation gas is to enter the airbag or physically contacts a feature or object that prevents further pinching in a direction in which the at least one portion of the airbag is being pinched.
An occupant airbag for a vehicle, the airbag comprising:
An occupant airbag for a vehicle, the airbag comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.