Patent ID: 11891012
Assignee: ZF PASSIVE SAFETY SYSTEMS US INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  D  Y | IPC B  D

Claim 0:
1. An air bag comprising:
a one-piece woven (OPW) fabric structure comprising yarns woven simultaneously to form two separate woven fabric single layer portions that define an inflatable volume of the air bag and single layer portions forming seams delimiting the inflatable volume, a plurality of the yarns in at least one area of at least one of the single layer portions being nonwoven and left overlaying one another to form nonwoven alignment elements in the at least one single layer portion; and
a woven panel comprising woven yarns, wherein a plurality of the yarns in at least one area of the panel are nonwoven and left overlaying one another to form nonwoven alignment elements in the panel, the alignment elements in the OPW fabric structure and the alignment elements in the panel being configured to receive a locating member that aligns the OPW fabric structure and the panel to so that the panel can be connected to the OPW fabric structure.