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Gas bag for a vehicular restraint system and fabric for its manufacture

  • US 6,135,488 A
  • Filed: 07/07/1998
  • Issued: 10/24/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gas bag for a vehicular restraint system, comprising:

  • a wall of non-coated fabric, the wall having an inner surface facing away from a vehicle interior in an inflated condition of the gas bag, the inner surface defining a volume which receives gas for inflating the gas bag, anda heat dissipating means on the inner surface of the wall, said heat dissipating means reducing the temperature of gas streaming into the gas bag upon inflation of the gas bag by melting due to the heat dissipating means being heated by the gas,wherein said heat dissipating means consists of long floating plastic threads oriented in a weft or warp direction and interwoven with said fabric at predetermined locations, and said long floating plastic threads being spaced apart from said inner surface of said fabric between said predetermined locations.

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