IP Library Granted Patent US 7,563,735
Granted Patent B2
US 7,563,735 · App. 11/601,727 · Granted Jul 21, 2009

Webbing for a seat belt

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Patent No.
US 7,563,735
App. No.
11/601,727
Granted
Jul 21, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosed webbing for a passenger restraint belt may include warp yarns and weft yarns made of synthetic filaments and woven so as to extend orthogonally to each other. At least one of the warp yarns and the weft yarns may be formed using synthetic filaments comprising first filaments and second filaments. Also, the second filaments may be provided in the first filaments and have a melting temperature lower than that of the first filaments. The synthetic filaments may be high shrinking synthetic filaments which are contracted at a dimensional shrinkage rate of 20% to 60% after the second filaments are melted under conditions of 150° C. or more for 180 seconds or more. The webbing may have a weight of 60g/m or less, a tensile strength of 25 kN or more, and a retention rate after hexagonal bar abrasion of 70% or more.

Claims (17)

1. A webbing for a passenger restraint belt comprising:

warp yarns and weft yarns made of synthetic filaments and woven so as to extend orthogonally to each other to form the passenger restraint belt,

wherein at least one of the warp yarns and the weft yarns are formed using synthetic filaments comprising first filaments and second filaments,

wherein the second filaments are provided in the first filaments and have a melting temperature lower than that of the first filaments,

wherein the synthetic filaments are high shrinking synthetic filaments which are contracted at a dimensional shrinkage rate of 20% to 60% after the second filaments are melted under conditions of 150° C. or more for 180 seconds or more, and

wherein the webbing has a weight of 60g/m or less, a tensile strength of 25 kN or more, and a retention rate after hexagonal bar abrasion of 70% or more.

2. The webbing for a passenger restraint belt according to claim 1 , wherein the weft density is 20 picks per inch or less.

3. The webbing for a passenger restraint belt according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the warp yarns and the weft yarns are formed using a filament yarn material made of twist yarns or a filament yarn material made of entangled non-twist yarns.

4. The webbing for a passenger restraint belt according to claim 1 , wherein the first filaments are high-melting-point polyester filaments and the second filaments are low-melting-point polyester filaments.

5. The webbing for a passenger restrain belt according to claim 1 , wherein the first filaments comprise polyethylene terephthalate.

6. The webbing for a passenger restraint belt according to claim 1 , wherein the second filaments comprise polyethylene isophthalate.

7. A seat belt for use as a passenger restraint belt comprising:

a webbing, wherein the webbing comprises warp yarns and weft yarns made of synthetic filaments and woven so as to extend orthogonally to each other to form the seat belt,

wherein at least one of the warp yarns and the weft yarns are formed using synthetic filaments composed of first filaments and second filaments,

wherein the second filaments are provided in the first filaments and have a melting temperature lower than that of the first filaments,

wherein the synthetic filaments are high shrinking synthetic filaments which are contracted at a dimensional shrinkage rate of 20% to 60% after the second filaments are melted under conditions of 150° C. or more for 180 seconds or more, and

wherein the webbing has a weight of 60 g/m or less, a tensile strength of 25 kN or more, and a retention rate after hexagonal bar abrasion of 70% or more.

Assignments (3)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2021
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS SECURITY AGENT FOR THE SECURED PARTIES
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
Reel/Frame 057775/0655 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2018
From: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K. K.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 046286/0789 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2018
From: TAKATA CORPORATION
To: JOYSON SAFETY SYSTEMS JAPAN K.K.
Reel/Frame 045938/0931 →