Air belt and air belt device

Patent 6082763 Issued on July 4, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date:

December 3, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Kokeguchi, Akira

Assignee

Takata Corporation

Application

No. 205097 filed on 12/03/1998

US Classes:

280/733, In the form of or used in conjunction with a belt or strap280/801.1Safety belt or harness (e.g., lap belt or shoulder harness)

Examiners

Primary: Dickson, Paul N.
Assistant: Fleming, Faye M.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foley & Lardner

Foreign Patent References

5-85301 JP. 04/25/1993
6-56001 JP. 03/25/1994

International Classes

B60R 021/18
B60R 022/00

Foreign Application Priority Data

1997-12-03 JP

Abstract

To provide an air belt in which a cover is prevented from moving freely relative to an envelope-like belt, and an air belt device employing the air belt. An air belt 2B comprises an envelope-like belt 10, which is folded into a band-like configuration, and a knit cover 12 made of woven fabric and surrounding the envelope-like belt 10. The inner surface of the knit cover 12 and the outer surface of the folded envelope-like belt 10 are bonded to each other by adhesive layers 11. Overlapped portions 12a of the knit cover 12 extending along the sides of the knit cover 12 are bonded by the adhesive layers 11. The knit cover 12 can be stretched in the width direction, but is hardly stretched in the longitudinal direction because it is processed by hot-drawing.