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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2000
David S. Breed, Boonton Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
William Thomas Sanders, Rockaway Township, Morris County, NJ (US);
Automotive Technologies International, Inc., Denville, NJ (US);
Abstract
An airbag for a vehicle formed from sections of material joined to one another, e.g., heat-sealed or adhesively-sealed, such that interconnected compartments receivable of an inflating medium are formed. The sections of material may be fabric or discrete sheets of film with optional tear propagation arresting devices. Two or more of the sections of material may be at least partially in opposed relationship to one another and then joined to one another at locations other than at a periphery of any of the sections to thereby form the interconnected compartments between the sections of material. The sections of material may also be joined to one another along parallel lines such that the interconnected compartments formed between the sections of material are elongate, i.e., substantially straight, and when inflated will be tubular.