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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Derek Board, Ferndale, MI (US);
Edward J. DeSmet, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Pline, Plymouth, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/18 (2006.01); B60R 21/231 (2011.01); B32B 37/06 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); B32B 38/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 21/18 (2013.01); B32B 37/06 (2013.01); B32B 37/18 (2013.01); B32B 38/0004 (2013.01); B60R 21/231 (2013.01); B32B 2571/00 (2013.01); B32B 2605/00 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1062 (2015.01);
Abstract
A method of assembling an airbag for a seatbelt restraint such that the deflated airbag lays flat when it is stacked and secured to a webbing of the seatbelt. The airbag is assembled from a plurality of material strips. The strips are edge joint welded together so that the joints lay flat between the individual strips comprising the airbag.