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US 5,421,378 AGranted
Airbag weaving on a water-jet loom using yarns
AssigneeMilliken Research Corporation
InventorsCharles L. Bowers, Marshall L. Huggins, Jerry Tyler
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Abstract
A method for weaving airbag fabric for use in protecting vehicle occupants during a collision. The airbag fabric includes at least a portion of fabric woven with unsized warp and fill yarns by water-jet weaving at a weave construction of at least 47 warp and fill threads per inch comparable to that available by traditional Rapier weaving machines.
Claims3
A method for manufacturing a fabric for use in a vehicle airbag, comprising the steps of:
- (a) conveying a plurality of warp yarns having no sizing compound thereon through a water-jet weaving machine;
- (b) inserting a plurality of fill yarns having no sizing compounds thereon between said plurality of warp yarns by means of a water-jet such that any yarn oils are at least partially removed by said water-jet;
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- (c) beating said plurality of fill yarns into place between said warp yarns such that a fabric having a weave density of greater than 47 threads per inch in both the warp direction and the fill direction is produced.
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