Toray Industries, Inc.

Daisuke Yokoi

Tomomichi Fujiyama

Taiki Hosaka

Daisuke Yahata

Hirotaka Horiguchi

Hiroaki Ozawa

A coated base fabric for an airbag has a fabric composed of polyamide fibers provided with a resin coating, wherein the polyamide fibers which compose the base fabric have a total fineness of not less than 100 dtex and not more than 250 dtex and a tenacity of not less than 8.1 cN/dtex and the coated base fabric has a basis weight of not more than 170 g/m, packability of the base fabric in accordance with ASTM D6478-02 of not more than 1,400 cm, a tear strength in a warp direction and a weft direction of not less than 200 N and an edgecomb resistance in the warp direction and the weft direction of not less than 200 N.

Coated base fabric for an airbag, airbag, and method of producing coated base fabric for an airbag

An airbag base fabric satisfying characteristics A to D:

Airbag base fabric and manufacturing method therefor

An airbag base fabric having a warp direction energy absorption characteristic defined by formula (1) is 30 to 50 and a weft direction energy absorption characteristic defined by formula (2) is 30 to 50:Warp Direction Energy Absorption Characteristic=Warp Direction Energy Absorption Amount/Warp Yarn Cover Factor&#x2003;&#x2003;(1)wherein the warp direction energy absorption amount is a value of integral of stress applied, in measurement of the warp direction tensile strength and elongation at break, from a start of the measurement until the sample breaks; andWeft Direction Energy Absorption Characteristic=Weft Direction Energy Absorption Amount/Weft Yarn Cover Factor&#x2003;&#x2003;(2)wherein the weft direction energy absorption amount is a value of the integral of stress applied, in measurement of the weft direction tensile strength and elongation at break, from the start of the measurement until the sample breaks.

Airbag base fabric, airbag and method of manufacturing airbag base fabric

An airbag fabric, airbag and method for making the airbag fabric, the fabric consisting of warp and weft yarns of synthetic fiber yarn, characterized by satisfying the following requirements:

Woven fabric for air bags, air bags and process for production of the woven fabric

An air bag fabric includes a warp and a weft, each including polyamide multifilaments with a total fineness of 200 to 700 dtex and a single fiber fineness of 1 to 2 dtex and having a cover factor (CF) of 1,800 to 2,300, wherein a ratio ECw/Mtw between edgecomb resistance, EDw, and single fiber fineness, Mtw, in the warp direction, and a ratio ECf/Mtf between edgecomb resistance, ECf, and single fiber fineness, Mtf, in the weft direction are both in a range of 250 to 1,000 N/dtex.

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Osaka, Japan

Daisuke Yokoi