Air-bags

• US 7,118,127 B2
• Filed: 04/09/2004
• Issued: 10/10/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Autoliv AB (Autoliv Incorporated)
• Inventors: Damm, Marcus
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn, David R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Spisich, George D.
• Application Number:
  US10/821,470
• Publication Number:
  US 20040256845A1
• Time in Patent Office: 914 Days
• Field of Search: 280/739, 280/743.1, 280/742
• US Class Current: 280/739
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/239 characterised by their venting means

Abstract

An air-bag is disclosed which has a vent hole formed therein. The periphery of the vent hole has first and second opposed part, wherein a tuck is formed in the air-bag. The tuck is formed in the region of the first part of the vent hole periphery such that the second part of the vent hole periphery extends past the first part in a direction extending substantially outwards from the interior volume of the air-bag, when the air-bag is inflated.

Claims

1. An air-bag made of a flexible material having a vent hole formed therein, comprising a periphery of the vent hole having a first and a second opposed parts, wherein a tuck is formed in the material of the air-bag in the region of the first part as a result of the first part being shorter than the second part such that the second part extends past the first part in a direction extending substantially outward from the interior volume of the air-bag, when the air-bag is inflated.

2. An air-bag according to claim 1, wherein the tuck defines a pleat in the air-bag.

3. An air-bag according to claim 1, wherein the tuck is tapered.

4. An air-bag according to claim 1, wherein the tuck is formed by a fold in the air-bag, the fold intersecting the first part of the vent hole.

5. An air-bag according to claim 1, wherein the tuck is at least partly defined by a seam intersecting the first part of the vent hole.

6. An air-bag according to claim 1, wherein the tuck is formed by stitching together two regions of the air-bag.

7. An air-bag according to claim 1, wherein the tuck is formed so as to lie inside the interior volume of the air-bag.

8. An air-bag according to claim 7, wherein the tuck is folded and secured against the interior surface of the air-bag.

9. An air-bag according to claim 8, wherein the tuck is secured against the interior surface of the air-bag by stitching.

10. An air-bag according to claim 1, having a plurality of vent holes, at least one of the vent holes having the tuck provided in the region of its periphery.