Fully extended pleat for passenger air bag fold

Details Fully extended pleat for passenger air bag fold Fully extended pleat for passenger air bag fold

1995-03-30

1996-03-26

Tyson, Karin L.

Land vehicles

Wheeled

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B60R 2116

Patent

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055014895

ABSTRACT:
A fully extended pleat for a passenger side air bag cushion employs folds which extend fully across the folded cushion rather than terminating near the center of the folded cushion. A packing advantage of this fold is that there is no free volume or dead space between the pleats thereby reducing the pack size. A performance advantage is that surface friction between the pleats acts to retards somewhat the cushion deployment to reduce hitting and slapping of the occupants in the event of a crash. Finally, a process advantage is that the pleats do not have to be controlled to a specific depth, thereby allowing the folding mechanisms to be concerned only with the final width of the pleats and allowing one less control in the folding operation.

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