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Airbag structure

  • US 6,467,806 B2
  • Filed: 05/01/2001
  • Issued: 10/22/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/06/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A strong lightweight airbag cushion for deployment in opposing relation to a vehicle occupant during a collision event, the cushion comprising:

  • a body of wound yarn including an interior, a face portion for contact with the vehicle occupant and a rear portion including an inlet port for the introduction of an inflation medium into the body, wherein the body is formed by windings of yarn is spread across said face portion of said body and such that the yarn is disposed preferentially across the back of said body in the area surrounding the inlet port so as to form a localized region of enhanced thickness defining a concentric annulus around the inlet and spaced a distance from said inlet port.

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