Patent ID: 6460885
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A method of folding an air bag for positioning within a canister having a deep portioned recess, with an inflator positioned for deploying the air bag, said inflator having a deployment side through which gas is expelled in a deployment direction to fill the air bag, the method comprising:providing an unfolded initial deployment portion of the air bag in a configuration adjacent the deployment side of the inflator; folding and stacking a plurality of folded portions of the air bag in a configuration parallel to each other, wherein those folded portions further from the initial deployment portion are longer in length than the folded portions which are nearer the initial deployment portion; bending said longer folded portions so that they each form a substantially right-angle configuration with a perpendicularly bended portion extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to said parallel configuration of the folded portions; and positioning the air bag in the canister in a manner such that the perpendicularly bended portions lie in the deep portioned recess.