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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2011
Hugh Finn, Cheshire, GB;
Ralf Koehnen, Cheshire, GB;
David Stow, Gothenburg, SE;
Gary Wootton, Staffordshire, GB;
Altay Kismir, Ontario, CA;
Will Winzinger, Ontario, CA;
Gonzalo Alves, Ontario, CA;
Hugh Finn, Cheshire, GB;
Ralf Koehnen, Cheshire, GB;
David Stow, Gothenburg, SE;
Gary Wootton, Staffordshire, GB;
Altay Kismir, Ontario, CA;
Will Winzinger, Ontario, CA;
Gonzalo Alves, Ontario, CA;
Autoliv Development AB, Värgárda, SE;
Abstract
A method of forming a fabric for an air-bag, the method comprising providing a plurality of yarns, each yarn being formed from a plurality of individual fibres; applying an activatable additive or coating to each yarn, the additive or coating initially not being activated and wherein, prior to activation, the additive or coating presents little or no impedance to the relative movement of the fibres within the yarn and, following activation, the additive or coating binds fibres within the yarn to one another to prevent or hinder relative movement of the fibres in the yarn with respect to one another; and passing the yarns through an activation zone including a compressing component which applies a compressive force to the yarns, the additive or coating being activated as the yarns pass through the activation zone so that the yarns each have a substantially flat configuration.