Patent ID: 6796583
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: B60R,Y10T

Abstract:
An air bag comprising a front bag panel and a rear egg panel, said bag panels having a central area and a periphery area,said air bag further comprising a tether system positioned between said front bag panel and said rear bag panel, said tether system comprising a first group of tether components and a second group of tether components, all of said tether components having substantially the same size and shape, wherein each of the tether components of said first group has a bag attachment end portion that is attached to the central area of said front bag panel and a tether attachment end portion that is positioned toward the periphery of said front bag panel, and wherein each of the tether components of said second group has a bag attachment end portion that is attached to the central area of said rear bag panel and a tether attachment end portion that is positioned toward the periphery of said rear bag panel, and wherein the tether attachment end portions of said first group of tether components are attached to the tether attachment end portions of said second group of tether components, each of said first and second groups of tether components being cut from a textile fabric having a group of warp yarns and a group of fill yarns, said tether components being cut substantially on a bias of between 25 degrees and 65 degrees with respect to one of said groups of yarns.