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Airbags including internal tethers and methods of forming the same

  • US 9,663,062 B2
  • Filed: 10/16/2015
  • Issued: 05/30/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An airbag, comprising:

  • a front panel of fabric;

    a rear panel of fabric, the rear panel coupled to the front panel of fabric to define one or more inflatable chambers in fluid communication and for receiving inflation gas from an inflator; and

    one or more internal tethers disposed in a tethered inflatable chamber of the one or more inflatable chambers, the one or more internal tethers each comprising at least one of a warp yarn or a weft yarn that extends between the fabric of the front panel and the fabric of the rear panel,wherein the one or more internal tethers are configured to transition from an unbroken configuration to a broken configuration when an internal pressure in the tethered inflatable chamber exceeds a threshold.

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