Patent ID: 6305150
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A method for folding an airbag for an airbag module, the airbag having a filling mouth, the method comprising, spreading out an empty airbag and holding the empty airbag at its filling mouth, stretching the empty airbag along a longitudinal axis running through the filling mouth to provide a stretched out empty airbag, providing an outer boundary surface, locating the outer boundary surface and the stretched out empty airbag relative to each other such that the stretched out empty airbag is located inside the outer boundary surface, and gathering the stretched out empty airbag inside the outer boundary surface along the longitudinal axis, wherein stretching includes drawing the spread out empty airbag into a sleeve-like shaping body that forms the outer boundary surface and at the same time introducing an inner ram into the airbag, wherein gathering includes compressing the airbag in the sleeve like shaping body with an outer ram after introducing the inner ram into the airbag.