Method of folding an air bag

Details Method of folding an air bag Method of folding an air bag

1997-06-13

1999-05-04

Rice, Kenneth R.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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2807431, B60R 2122

Patent

active

058994904

ABSTRACT:
An air bag (24) and method of folding an air bag (24) to protect an occupant during a side impact collision, the air bag being part of an air bag module (23) fitted within an outboard portion of a vehicle seat, the method including the step of folding the air bag (24) into a compact configuration such that when inflation gas is communicated into the air bag a resultant momentum vector, of the unfolding air bag sections, is directed forward of the seat and laterally away from a location of a seated occupant.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5348342 (1994-09-01), Haland et al.
patent: 5570900 (1996-11-01), Brown

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