METHOD OF ASSEMBLING AND PACKING AN AUTOMOTIVE AIRBAG

摘要

An airbag assembly 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.

主权项

1. An automotive airbag assembly comprising:
at least four material strips weldably secured into an inflatable bag such that, at weld joints between adjacent ones of the strips, a first strip lays flat on top of a second strip; the strips stacked in an accordion stack; first edges of a top and a bottom strip welded together; the bag mounted within a sleeve of a seatbelt webbing.