An airbag construction for a vehicle is described. The.construction utilizes non-circular polygon shaped panels, which provide greater nesting efficiency than previously achieved by comparable airbags using round panels. In addition, the construction enabl...

Airbag cushions manufactured from polyester yam having certain levels of intrinsic viscosity (IV) and certain specific carboxyl end group ("CEG") levels perform unexpectedly well in high temperature and high humidity environments for airbag cushion applica...

A coating composition for textiles may be prepared by polymerizing monomers composed from silicones with monomers composed of non-silicone components to create a copolymer. The non-silicone monomers may be selected from a group containing: ethylene, vinyl ...

An adhesive coating composition for fabric substrates, such as automotive airbags. The coating is formed from a blend including a silicone polymer and a second polymer which is thermodynamically compatible with silicone. In particular, the second polymer h...

An airbag and a method for making an airbag of the type that includes an irregularly-shaped panel (30), such as the side panels of a passenger airbag. The irregularly-shaped side panel (30) is first divided into two segments (32,36) with a single straight ...

An airbag cushion (50,160) is provided which simultaneously exhibits a very low amount of fabric, which corresponds to an overall low weight of total fabric, utilized to produce the target airbag cushion in correlation to an overall high amount of availabl...

An inflatable cushion formed from a polygonal material blank (20) including a central body portion (24) and two foldable side panel structures (32,34) disposed laterally of a first body panel section (36) of the central body portion (24). The material blan...