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US5454594A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Inflatable gas bag for vehicle occupant restraining systems

Assignee: TRW Occupant Restraint Systems GmbH
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Filing: 1994-04-25
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Granted: 1995-10-03
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Expires: 2014-04-25
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Abstract

Abstract An inflatable gas bag (10) for vehicle occupant restraining systems comprises only two textile parts (14, 16) shaped to be developed in a plane the edges (18, 20) of which are joined together by a continuous seam (28). Of these textile parts (14, 16) one is generally club-shaped and the other is generally butterfly-shaped.

Inventors

  • 👤 Rudi Krickl

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 15:12
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R21/00; B60R21/02; B60R21/16; B60R21/23; B60R21/231

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 176 words
An inflatable gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraining system consisting of a first textile part which is flat when laid down onto a plane and which is generally butterfly-shaped, with a pair of wings interconnected by a narrow center portion, each wing having an edge defining a pair of opposed lobes of different width, size and shape, and a second textile part of an elongate shape which is flat when laid down onto a plane and which is generally club-shaped, with a pair of opposed lobes connected by a narrow neck portion, one of said lobes having an elongate shape and the other of said lobes having an inflation opening therein, said first textile part having an edge extending substantially around said first textile part, said second textile part having an edge extending substantially around said second textile part with a length approximately equal to a length of said edge of said first textile part, and said edges of said first and second textile parts being connected by a continuous seam extending along said edges.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 176 words
An inflatable gas bag for a vehicle occupant restraining system consisting of a first textile part which is flat when laid down onto a plane and which is generally butterfly-shaped, with a pair of wings interconnected by a narrow center portion, each wing having an edge defining a pair of opposed lobes of different width, size and shape, and a second textile part of an elongate shape which is flat when laid down onto a plane and which is generally club-shaped, with a pair of opposed lobes connected by a narrow neck portion, one of said lobes having an elongate shape and the other of said lobes having an inflation opening therein, said first textile part having an edge extending substantially around said first textile part, said second textile part having an edge extending substantially around said second textile part with a length approximately equal to a length of said edge of said first textile part, and said edges of said first and second textile parts being connected by a continuous seam extending along said edges.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 20 words
The gas bag of claim 1, wherein said first and second textile parts are made of different textile fabric materials.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 27 words
The gas bag of claim 1, wherein said seam has a start which is marked on both of said edges of said first and second textile parts.

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