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Inflatable restraint device and method of manufacturing same

  • US 5,836,611 A
  • Filed: 12/01/1995
  • Issued: 11/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/02/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A three dimensional air bag comprising:

  • a first layer of material; and

    a plurality of discrete load carrying fibers disposed on said first layer of material in a pre-specified configuration, said pre-specified configuration corresponding with a pattern defining high and low stress areas of said first layer of material when said air bag is deployed such that a higher concentration of said discrete load carrying fibers are present in said high stress areas of said first layer of material for reinforcing said high stress areas of said first layer of material and more discrete fibers being present in said high stress areas of said first layer of material and more discrete fibers being present in said high stress areas than in said low stress areas of said first layer of material.

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