Patent ID: 6612609
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A vehicle air bag comprising:an outer bag having an inflation fluid volume, said outer bag comprising a central inflation fluid opening and a plurality of fastener openings spaced around said inflation fluid opening; an inner bag located in said inflation fluid volume of said outer bag, said inner bag being made from a single piece of flexible material comprising a central portion and four arm portions extending from said central portion in a cross-shaped configuration, each of said arm portions including a pair of spaced fastener openings; said inner bag having a folded condition wherein said arm portions are folded relative to said central portion such that adjacent ones of said arm portions at least partially overlie each other, said fastener openings of said overlying arm portions being aligned with each other, not more than two of said arm portions overlying each other at any location on said arm portions; said arm portions defining an inflation fluid opening of said inner bag when said inner bag is in said folded condition, said inflation fluid opening having a periphery defined by outer edge portions of said arm portions, said inflation fluid opening of said inner bag overlying said inflation fluid opening of said outer bag, said overlying fastener openings of said inner bag being aligned with a respective one of said fastener openings in said outer bag; said air bag further comprising a plurality of fasteners extending through said aligned fastener openings in said outer bag and said inner bag to secure said inner bag to said outer bag.