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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2001
Bruce R. Hill, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
Apparatus ( ) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle ( ) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device ( ) that is inflatable into a position between a part of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant. The inflatable device ( ) includes overlying panels ( and ) that are secured together. An inflation fluid source ( ) provides inflation fluid for inflating the inflatable device. The panels ( and ) include first overlying portions ( ) subject to relatively low stress that extend across the inflatable device ( ) when inflated. The panels ( and ) further include second overlying portions ( ) subject to relatively high stress that extend across the inflatable device ( ) when inflated. The first portions ( ) have a woven construction of a first weave density. The second portions ( ) have a woven construction of a second weave density, greater than the first weave density.