Patent ID: 6698790
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air belt for an inflatable seat belt device, comprising:a bag capable of expanding when gas is introduced into the bag; and a cover for the bag, wherein the cover comprises a cloth woven with warp yarn and weft yarn and formed into a tube by connecting the weft yarn at hems of the cloth with an entanglement-thread wherein the entanglement-thread is configured to be broken by an expansive force produced when the bag expands, thereby causing the cover to extend so that the bag expands further; and wherein a small-denier-warp region is formed on at least one side of the hems of the cloth, the small-denier-warp region including warp yarn having a denier smaller than that of the warp yarn disposed in a region other than the small-denier-warp region.