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Air bag for motor vehicles
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1988-09-14
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Granted: 1990-05-01
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Expires: 2008-09-14
Abstract
Abstract An air bag for motor vehicle use is made of a synthetic fabric, particularly a polyamide, with a extremely tight weave, which is shrunk, heat set, and calendered at a temperature between 60° and 225° C., a pressure between 10 and 100 t, and a calendering speed between 5 and 25 m/min.
Inventors
- 👤 Klaus Bloch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 11:57
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R21/00; B60R21/02; B60R21/16; B60R21/23; B60R21/235; B60R21/231; B60R21/233; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/92; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1328
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
50 words
An air bag for motor vehicles which is comprised of a synthetic fabric of superfilled weave, said fabric being shrunk, heat set, and calendered at a temperature of between 60° and 225° C., a pressure of between 10 and 100 t, and a calendering speed between 5 and 25 m/min.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
50 words
An air bag for motor vehicles which is comprised of a synthetic fabric of superfilled weave, said fabric being shrunk, heat set, and calendered at a temperature of between 60° and 225° C., a pressure of between 10 and 100 t, and a calendering speed between 5 and 25 m/min.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The air bag defined in claim 1 wherein said fabric has a plain weave with 34 fill threads/cm at a thread weight of dtex 470 and 16 warp threads/cm at a thread weight of dtex 470.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The air bag defined in claim 1 wherein said fabric is calendered at a temperature between 130° and 160° C., a pressure between 30 and 50 t, and a calendering speed between 5 and 7 m/min.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
25 words
The air bag defined in claim 1 wherein said fabric has a weight of 280 ±10 g/m 2 and the thickness of 0.39 ±0.02 mm.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The air bag defined in claim 1 wherein said fabric is selected from the group consisting of polyester, aramide, polyphenylene sulfide and polyimide.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
The air bag defined in claim 1 wherein said fabric is comprised of polyamide fibers.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
43 words
The air bag defined in claim 1 which is provided with a mouthpiece in the region of which are provided straps and a fire protector, said straps consisting of yarns selected from the group consisting of polytetrafluoroethylene, polyamide, aramid, copolyimide and polyphenylene sulfide.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The air bag defined in claim 7 which is provided with straps comprised of a rubberized stretch fabric.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The air bag defined in claim 8 which is provided with straps comprised of a rubberized polyamide stretch fabric.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The air bag defined in claim 8 which is provided with straps which are cut at 45° with respect to the weave.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
94 words
An air bag for motor vehicles which is comprised of a tightly filled polyamide fabric, said fabric having a plain weave with 34 fill threads/cm at a thread weight of dtex 470 and 16 warp threads/cm at a thread weight of dtex 470, said fabric being shrunk, heat set, and calendered at a temperature of between 130° and 160° C., a pressure of between 30 and 50 t, and a calendering speed between 6 and 7 m/min, said fabric having a weight of 280 ±10 g/m 2 and the thickness of 0.39 ±0.02 mm.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
94 words
An air bag for motor vehicles which is comprised of a tightly filled polyamide fabric, said fabric having a plain weave with 34 fill threads/cm at a thread weight of dtex 470 and 16 warp threads/cm at a thread weight of dtex 470, said fabric being shrunk, heat set, and calendered at a temperature of between 130° and 160° C., a pressure of between 30 and 50 t, and a calendering speed between 6 and 7 m/min, said fabric having a weight of 280 ±10 g/m 2 and the thickness of 0.39 ±0.02 mm.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
63 words
An air bag for motor vehicles as defined in claim 11 which is provided with at least one strap and fire protector, said fire protector being around the mouthpiece of said air bag, said straps and fire protector being made of polyamide stretch yarn cut from rubberized polyamide fabric, and said straps being at an angle of 45° with respect to said weave.
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