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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1995
Marc D Folsom, Tokyo, JP;
Donald J Paxton, Brigham City, UT (US);
Morton International, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
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.