Side-curtain airbag and method of manufacture
First Claim
1. A side-curtain airbag comprisingtwo inflation chambers located at a distance from one another, each inflation chamber comprising two fabric layers, in which in a region between the two inflation chambers is a free space, whereby each inflation chamber defines a single, continuous space for storing gas and two connecting strips that comprise only a single layer of fabric and extend in the free space between the inflation chambers, the two connecting strips are disposed in a crossing manner, wherein one of the connecting strips is secured to approximately the bottom of one of the inflation chambers and to approximately the top of the other inflation chamber, the other connecting strip is secured to approximately the bottom of one of the inflation chambers and to approximately the top of the other inflation chamber.
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Abstract
A side-curtain airbag has at least two inflation chambers spaced apart from each other. The inflation chambers each have two fabric layers. The region between the two inflation chambers has at the most one layer of fabric. A method of manufacturing such a side-curtain airbag is disclosed.
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1. A side-curtain airbag comprising
two inflation chambers located at a distance from one another, each inflation chamber comprising two fabric layers, in which in a region between the two inflation chambers is a free space, whereby each inflation chamber defines a single, continuous space for storing gas and two connecting strips that comprise only a single layer of fabric and extend in the free space between the inflation chambers, the two connecting strips are disposed in a crossing manner, wherein one of the connecting strips is secured to approximately the bottom of one of the inflation chambers and to approximately the top of the other inflation chamber, the other connecting strip is secured to approximately the bottom of one of the inflation chambers and to approximately the top of the other inflation chamber.
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