Patent ID: 6089602
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A folded gas bag as a component of a passenger restraint system, said folded gas bag comprising a gas bag having a lower fabric layer and an upper fabric layer, said gas bag having a structure such that when the gas bag is in an empty, flat, spread-out, unfolded, condition, lying in an approximately horizontal plane, the upper fabric layer lies on the lower fabric layer thereby forming a double ply configuration, with said lower fabric layer having a recess therein for receiving a gas generator, and wherein the gas bag is folded, relative to said approximately horizontal plane, in said double ply configuration to have alternating folds and alternating areas between said folds, said alternating areas extending approximately perpendicular to the approximately horizontal plane, and said alternating folds and areas spiraling about the recess.