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Airbag fabric
Assignee: Highland Industries Inc
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Filing: 1995-09-29
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Granted: 1997-07-22
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Expires: 2015-09-29
Abstract
Abstract A high strength, uncoated, uncalendered airbag fabric that is lighter in weight than heretofore and exhibits an air permeability of less than 4 cfm per square foot of area at air pressures of one-half inch of water. The fabric is woven on a fluid jet loom from synthetic, continuous, multi-filament yarns having a denier in the range of 200 to 900.
Inventors
- 👤 Earl T. Crouch
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 15:35
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R21/00; B60R21/02; B60R21/16; B60R21/23; B60R21/235; D; D03; D03D; D03D1/00; D03D1/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/13; Y10T428/1352; Y10T428/1362; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3179
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
37 words
A fluid jet woven, uncoated airbag fabric formed of multi-filament synthetic yarns having an air permeability of less than 4 cfm per foot 2 of surface area at air pressures of less than one-half inch of water.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
37 words
A fluid jet woven, uncoated airbag fabric formed of multi-filament synthetic yarns having an air permeability of less than 4 cfm per foot 2 of surface area at air pressures of less than one-half inch of water.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The airbag fabric of claim 1 whereby said fabric is formed on a water jet loom.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The airbag fabric according to claim 1 wherein said synthetic yarns are selected from the group containing polyester, polyarnide, and polyolefin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
35 words
The airbag fabric according to claim 1 wherein said synthetic yarn has a denier of 630, and said fabric is woven with a thread count of 38-42 yarn ends per inch in both thread directions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
35 words
The airbag fabric according to claim 1 wherein said synthetic yarn has a denier of 420, and said fabric is woven with a thread count of 44-48 yarn ends per inch in both thread directions.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The airbag fabric according to claim 1 wherein said synthetic yarn has a denier of 315, and said fabric is woven with a thread count of 53-59 yarn ends per inch in both thread directions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
An airbag formed of a fluid jet woven, uncoated, fabric formed of multifilament synthetic yarns, said fabric having an air permeability of less than 4 cfm per foot 2 of surface area at air pressures of less than one-half inch of water.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
An airbag formed of a fluid jet woven, uncoated, fabric formed of multifilament synthetic yarns, said fabric having an air permeability of less than 4 cfm per foot 2 of surface area at air pressures of less than one-half inch of water.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The airbag of claim 7, wherein said synthetic yarns are selected from the group consisting of polyester, polyarnide and polyolefin yarns.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
18 words
The airbag of claim 7, wherein said fabric is woven on a water jet loom from nylon yarns.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
The airbag of claim 7, wherein said fabric is woven of 315 denier yarn in a weave construction of 53-59 yarns per inch in both the warp and weft directions.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The airbag of claim 7, wherein said fabric is woven of 420 denier yarn in a weave construction of 44-48 yarns per inch in both the warp and weft directions.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The airbag of claim 7, wherein said fabric is woven of 630 denier yarn in a weave construction of 38-42 yarns per inch in both the warp and weft directions.
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