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Structurally efficient airbag cushion exhibiting high available inflation volume

  • US 7,371,445 B2
  • Filed: 05/15/2001
  • Issued: 05/13/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An airbag cushion comprising:

  • (a) a first fabric blank having an exterior perimeter of substantially four-sided rectangular shape, said first fabric blank comprising a first pair of opposed and substantially straight sides and a second pair of opposed and substantially straight sides, said first pair of sides being substantially parallel to each other, further wherein said second pair of sides are substantially parallel to each other, said first pair of sides being oriented generally perpendicular in relation to said second pair of sides; and

    (b) a second fabric blank connected to said first fabric blank through the utilization of at least one seam, said second blank further comprising at least one centrally located slit and an exterior periphery;

    (c) wherein said airbag cushion comprises;

    i) a first end being formed by the union of the exterior periphery of said second fabric blank and the exterior perimeter of the first fabric blank, andii) a second end formed by the centrally located slit of the second fabric blank;

    such that said first end is closed and said second end comprises at the slit an opening adapted for receiving an inflation device.

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