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Air bag
Assignee: Bridgestone Corp
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Filing: 1994-08-25
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Granted: 1997-04-08
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Expires: 2014-08-25
Abstract
Abstract A first air bag comprises an upper cloth and a lower cloth, the peripheries of the both cloths being connected, characterized in that the upper cloth consists of an airtight sheet obtained by weaving a composite fiber composed of a filament core and a thermoplastic polymer bonded thereto which has a melting point lower than that of said filament core, and then fusing said thermoplastic polymer so that the surface of said upper cloth has a continuous thermoplastic polymer layer. A second air bag consists of a membranous material having a breaking extension of 100% or more. A third air bag comprises an elastomer body and a shape-retaining member partially attached to the elastomer body, said member being composed of elastic fibers or threads and high-modulus fibers.
Inventors
- 👤 Yosuke Matsushima
- 👤 Yasuhiro Iino
- 👤 Shinichi Toyosawa
- 👤 Takeshi Kimura
- 👤 Yoshihide Fukahori
- 👤 Akeshi Noda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 07:54
CPC Classifications
D; D03; D03D; D03D15/00; D03D15/50; D03D15/587; B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; B32B5/26; B32B1/00; B32B5/02; B60; B60R; B60R21/00; B60R21/02; B60R21/16; B60R21/23; B60R21/235; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/02; B32B2605/00; B32B2605/003; B60R2021/23504; B60R2021/23509; B60R2021/23514; B60R2021/23523; B60R2021/23533; B60R2021/23552; B60R2021/23557; B60R2021/23571; B60R2021/2359; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/902; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1334; Y10T428/1341; Y10T428/1345; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/1362; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24777; Y10T428/24785; Y10T428/29; Y10T428/2913; Y10T428/2929; Y10T428/2931; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/20; Y10T442/2631; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3008; Y10T442/3016; Y10T442/3024; Y10T442/3146; Y10T442/3154
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
An air bag comprising; an elastomer body defining an air bag, said elastomer body having a spheroid shape when inflated, a shape-retaining member attached to the exterior surface of the elastomer body, said shape-retaining member having a thin elongated string shape and being composed of (a) elastic fibers or threads and (b) high-modulus fibers, said shape-retaining member dividing said surface of said elastomer body into a plurality of separate sections, and said elastomer body formed from a membranous material having an elongation of 100% or more having a higher elongation than that of said elastic fibers or threads.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
98 words
An air bag comprising; an elastomer body defining an air bag, said elastomer body having a spheroid shape when inflated, a shape-retaining member attached to the exterior surface of the elastomer body, said shape-retaining member having a thin elongated string shape and being composed of (a) elastic fibers or threads and (b) high-modulus fibers, said shape-retaining member dividing said surface of said elastomer body into a plurality of separate sections, and said elastomer body formed from a membranous material having an elongation of 100% or more having a higher elongation than that of said elastic fibers or threads.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The air bag of claim 1, wherein said shape-retaining member is composed of a fabric made of 10-90% by weight of elastic fibers or threads and 90-10% by weight of high-modulus fibers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The air bag of claim 1, wherein said elastomer body is an elastomer film selected from a thermoplastic or thermosetting elastomer having a higher elasticity than said elastic fibers or threads.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The air bag of claim 1, wherein said high-modulus fibers are selected from the group consisting of aramid fibers, aromatic polyester fibers and ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene fibers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The air bag of claim 1, wherein said elastomer body comprises an elastomer film having a thickness in the range of 100-1,000 um and a breaking extension in the range of 500 to 1,200%.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
96 words
An air bag comprising: a bag body formed of an elastomer film and a shape-retaining member laminated to the exterior surface of the bag body and surrounding said bag body, said shape-retaining member comprising a composite of (a) elastic fibers or thread and (b) high-modulus fibers having a thin elongated string shape and selected from aramid fibers, aromatic polyester fibers and ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, said bag body formed of an elastomer membranous film having an elongation of 100% or more and is a higher elongation than that of said elastic fibers or thread.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
96 words
An air bag comprising: a bag body formed of an elastomer film and a shape-retaining member laminated to the exterior surface of the bag body and surrounding said bag body, said shape-retaining member comprising a composite of (a) elastic fibers or thread and (b) high-modulus fibers having a thin elongated string shape and selected from aramid fibers, aromatic polyester fibers and ultra high molecular weight polyethylene fibers, said bag body formed of an elastomer membranous film having an elongation of 100% or more and is a higher elongation than that of said elastic fibers or thread.
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