Disclosed herein is the preparation of woven fabrics suitable for use in manufacturing vehicle airbags. Such fabrics are woven from a plurality of polymeric, e.g., polyamide, warp and weft tapes which have preferably been slitted, preferably in the machine direction, from a thermoplastic polymer film, and preferably from such a film which has been drawn at least in the machine direction. The resulting fabrics exhibit both the relatively low basis weight, stiffness and small packing volume typical of nylon films, and the relatively high tear strength and high damage tolerance of yarn-based woven airbag fabrics.
Airbag fabrics woven from slit-film polymeric tapes
2019-05-07
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | D03D WOVEN FABRICS , Gewebe / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / D01D MECHANICAL METHODS OR APPARATUS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF MAN-MADE FILAMENTS, THREADS, FIBRES, BRISTLES OR RIBBONS , Mechanische Verfahren oder Vorrichtungen für die Herstellung von produzierten Filamenten, Zwirnen, Fasern, Borsten oder Bändern / D02G CRIMPING OR CURLING FIBRES, FILAMENTS, YARNS, OR THREADS , Kräuseln oder Texturieren von Fasern, Fäden, Garnen oder Zwirnen |