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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7216678 | Self-curling sleeve A substrate including a plurality of monofilaments, or a combination of monofilaments and multi-filament yarns oriented in perpendicular directions, has a tendency to curl around a central space. When all monofilaments are used, the monofilaments along one direction... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7069961 | Inflatable fabrics comprising basket-woven attachment points between fabric panels All-woven inflatable fabrics having areas of two layers and attachment points or “seams” where single layers of fabric are formed. Such single fabric layers may be constructed solely through the utilization of basket weave patterns. These specific single fabric ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7025375 | Air-bag arrangement and a method of inflating an air-bag An air-bag arrangement provides protection for the occupant of a motor vehicle. The air-bag arrangement incorporates an airbag (50) formed by two layers (51, 52) interconnected to form a first set of chambers (53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58), having a p... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6685220 | Airbelt and airbelt apparatus An airbelt is provided that passes smoothly through an anchor and winds around a retractor. The airbelt includes a non-inflating section and a flat hollow-cylindrical inflating section. A bag is arranged only within the inflating section. An end of the ba... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6673728 | Low permeability, high strength timing fabric for utilization within airbag inflation modules Specific fabric articles exhibiting very low air and/or gas permeability (even upon application of high inflation pressures) and very high tear strengths are herein disclosed and claimed. Such a specific fabric also permits the incorporation of discrete o... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6000442 | Woven fabric having a bulging zone and method and apparatus of forming same A process and apparatus for weaving a fabric with a three dimensional bulging zone, which is formed by increasing the density of the crossing points of the warp and weft threads so as to naturally impart a bulging zone in the fabric. The density is change... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5707711 | Impact absorbing air bag and method for manufacturing same This invention relates to an impact absorbing bag for an automobile, that is, an air bag, consisting of seamless tubular woven fabric (1) which comprises a connected portion (B1) formed around a non-connected portion (B2), is at least partially covered wi... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5685347 | Circular air bag made of two simultaneously woven fabrics A method of forming an air bag which includes the steps of weaving on a loom an upper and lower fabric simultaneously, the two fabrics being combined in selected areas to define a seam of substantially circular shape. A bag is produced by cutting within t... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5651395 | Circular air bag made of two simultaneously woven fabrics A method of forming an air bag which includes the steps of weaving on a loom an upper and lower fabric simultaneously, the two fabrics being combined in selected areas to define a seam of substantially circular shape. A bag is produced by cutting within t... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5021283 | Woven fabric having multi-layer structure and composite material comprising the woven fabric Disclosed is a woven fabric having a plurality of fabric layers which are integrated through combined portions formed by interlacing warps or wefts of one of adjacent layers of some of warps or wefts of said one layer and warps or wefts of the other layer... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4693167 | Strap for linked container article carrier An improved strap for linking ammunition and similar article carrier tubes in which the strap includes two warps which alternately form the top and bottom layers of a double fabric so as to form successive connected loops or pockets of a predictable pitch... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4385648 | Woven fabric form element for forming cast-in-place structures An improved method and apparatus for forming cast-in-place structures includes the use of a sheet of fabric having a plurality of pockets for receiving support rods. The pockets are formed between an inner side surface of the sheet of fabric and a plurali... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4205709 | Metal fabric cell plates for alkaline cell accumulators A woven fabric cell plate for alkaline cell accumulators, which alternates in at least one of the warp and weft directions between areas of double layer and areas of combined single layer. The active mass of the accumulator is retained between the layers ... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4025684 | Tubular fabric coated with plastics or synthetic rubbers The disclosure embraces an inflatable flat tubular fabric which is coated on its outside surfaces with synthetic rubber or plastic and is constructed by weaving the fabric in tubular form with basic threads having a given tensile strength with the two lay... | 05/24/1977 |
