摘要:
An air-bag comprising: first and second sheets of fabric; an inlet into which gas will be introduced into the air-bag to inflate the air-bag when the air-bag is deployed; and a first seam which describes or forms part of a loop which encloses or substantially encloses an interior region, so that the interior region is separated from the inlet by at least the first seam, wherein at least one part of the first seam comprises one or more regions at which the first and second sheets of fabric are not joined to one another, to allow gas to flow into the interior region from a region outside the interior region, to allow inflation of the interior region during deployment of the air-bag.
摘要:
There is provided a method of packaging an airbag for a motor vehicle safety device. The method comprises the steps of: providing an inflatable airbag formed of flexible sheet material; rolling and/or folding the airbag into an intermediate package having an initial cross-sectional thickness; simultaneously heating and pressing the intermediate package to form a compressed package having a reduced cross-sectional thickness relative to the intermediate package; subsequently placing the compressed package in a transportable cavity (14) having a shape and size comparable to the shape and size of the compressed package; and cooling the compressed package to ambient temperature whilst it is in said transportable cavity (14). Preferably, the transportable cavity (14) is provided within a transport unit having a plurality of said cavities (14) for the receipt of a plurality of airbags packaged in respective compressed packages. The or each airbag can be transported as a compressed package to a vehicle assembly plant, and allowed to cool to ambient temperature during transit.
摘要:
There is proposed an airbag unit (23) for a motor vehicle safety device, the unit comprising: an inflatable airbag (1) formed of flexible material and provided in a rolled and/or folded package (9), the package (9) being held under compression by a cover (10) which extends around at least part of the package (9), wherein said cover (10) is formed from a ductile fabric material (12) comprising a plurality of polymeric fibres (13a, 13b), at least some of said fibres (13b) being fused to one another to impart a predetermined stable shape to the unit. Also proposed is a method of packaging an airbag (1) for a motor vehicle safety device, the method comprising the steps of: providing an inflatable airbag (1) formed of flexible sheet material; rolling and/or folding the airbag and at least partially wrapping it with an initially flexible cover (10) to form an intermediate package (9a), said cover (10) being formed from a ductile fabric material (12) comprising a plurality of polymeric fibres (13a, 13b); simultaneously heating and pressing the intermediate package (9a) to form a compressed package (23) in which at least some of said fibres (13b) are fused to one another, the compressed package (23) having a stable shape defined by said fused fibres (13b).
摘要:
There is proposed an airbag unit (23) for a motor vehicle safety device, the unit comprising: an inflatable airbag (1) formed of flexible material and provided in a rolled and/or folded package (9), the package (9) being held under compression by a cover (10) which extends around at least part of the package (9), wherein said cover (10) is formed from a ductile fabric material (12) comprising a plurality of polymeric fibres (13a, 13b), at least some of said fibres (13b) being fused to one another to impart a predetermined stable shape to the unit. Also proposed is a method of packaging an airbag (1) for a motor vehicle safety device, the method comprising the steps of: providing an inflatable airbag (1) formed of flexible sheet material; rolling and/or folding the airbag and at least partially wrapping it with an initially flexible cover (10) to form an intermediate package (9a), said cover (10) being formed from a ductile fabric material (12) comprising a plurality of polymeric fibres (13a, 13b); simultaneously heating and pressing the intermediate package (9a) to form a compressed package (23) in which at least some of said fibres (13b) are fused to one another, the compressed package (23) having a stable shape defined by said fused fibres (13b).
摘要:
There is disclosed an airbag unit (23) mounted to a vehicle seat (1) having a squab (2) and a backrest (5), the backrest having a frame (6) covered with upholstery (7). The airbag unit comprises an inflatable airbag (27) having a main panel (29) of flexible material and an inlet (34) connected to an inflator (24) to inflate the airbag. The airbag unit (23) is mounted to the backrest frame (6) with the inflator (24) positioned to direct inflating gas into the airbag (27) in a generally forward direction (50) relative to the backrest (5), and is characterised in that the inflator (24) is mounted to the frame (6) at a position inboard of part (11) of the frame; the airbag (27) is rolled and/or folded into an airbag package (46) positioned on an opposing outboard side of said part (11) of the frame; and the airbag package (46) is fluidly connected to the inlet (34) of the airbag by a connecting region (47) of the airbag which extends around a front region (13) of the backrest frame; the airbag (27) further incorporating a protective panel (37) arranged i) to lie between the airbag package (46) and the backrest frame (6), and/or ii) to lie between the connecting region (47) of the airbag and the backrest frame (6), the protective panel (37) thereby providing protection to said main panel (29) from damage arising from contact with the backrest frame (6).