IP Library Granted Patent US 8,962,499
Granted Patent B2
US 8,962,499 · App. 13/818,268 · Granted Feb 24, 2015

Base woven fabric for airbag

Inventors: Takeshi Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Fumiaki Ise (Tokyo, JP); Tokio Okuno (Tokyo, JP); Masato Enoki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
D03D1/02B60R21/235D06N3/0006B60R2021/23509
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Patent No.
US 8,962,499
App. No.
13/818,268
Granted
Feb 24, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a base fabric suitable for the production of a general-purpose airbag having a higher airtight performance with reduced air permeability, a high pressure resistance in the boundary portion between the inflating part and the non-inflating part, and a high impact absorption for an occupant, and a base fabric for an airbag of the present invention comprises a woven fabric formed of a multifilament synthetic fiber having a total fineness of 200 to 550 dtex and a single filament fineness of 2.0 to 7.0 dtex, wherein the elongation is, on average of warp and weft, from 5 to 15% and from 15 to 30% under loads of 50 N/cm and 300 N/cm, respectively, and the pullout resistance of the constituent yarn is from 50 to 200 N/cm/cm on average of warp and weft.

Claims (15)

1. A base fabric for an airbag, comprising a woven fabric formed of a multifilament synthetic fiber having a total fineness of 200 to 550 dtex and a single filament fineness of 2.0 to 7.0 dtex, wherein the original yarn used is a polyamide 6 . 6 fiber having a boiling water shrinkage percentage of 7.3% to 13%, the elongation is, on average of warp and weft, from 5 to 15% and from 15 to 30% under loads of 50 N/cm and 300 N/cm, respectively, and the pullout resistance of the constituent yarn is from 50 to 200 N/cm/cm on average of warp and weft, and the dynamic air permeability after loading of 100 N/cm the stitched boundary portion sewn together by the following specific sewing is 2,300 mm/s or less at a 50 kPa:

Specific sewing: two sheets of fabric are lock-stitched at 50 stitches/10 cm by using a twisted yarn of 1,350 dtex.

2. The base fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the ASTM D4032 bending stiffness is from 3.0 to 7.5 N.

3. The base fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the cover factor (CF) represented by the following formula is from 2,000 to 2,500:

CF=√[(0.9 ×d )×(2× W )]

(wherein d is the total fineness (dtex) on average of warp and weft of constituent yarns, and W is the weave density (yarns/2.54 cm) on average of warp and weft).

4. The base fabric according to claim 1 , wherein the elongation of the constituent yarn under a load of 4.7 cN/dtex is from 10 to 20% on average of warp and weft.

5. The base fabric according claim 1 , wherein the strength of the constituent yarn is 7.5 cN/dtex or more on average of warp and weft.

6. The base fabric according to claim 1 , wherein a synthetic fiber having a yarn-to-yarn frictional force (P) as defined in the description of the present invention of 1.5 to 3.0 is used as the original yarn.

7. The base fabric according to claim 1 , wherein a synthetic fiber having a boiling water shrinkage percentage of 5 to 13% is used as the original yarn.

8. The base fabric according to claim 1 , wherein a synthetic fiber having a definite load elongation percentage as specified in JIS L1017 7.7 of 5 to 15% is used as the original yarn.

9. The base fabric according to claim 1 , having no resin coat.

10. The base fabric according to claim 1 , having a resin coat on at least one surface.

11. An airbag comprising the base fabric according to claim 1 ,

12. The airbag according to claim 11 , wherein after loading a load of 100 N/cm on the boundary portion between the inflating part and the non-inflating part, the dynamic air permeability in the boundary portion between the inflating part and the non-inflating part is 2,300 mm/s or less at a differential pressure of 50 kPa.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Jul 13, 2016
From: ASAHI KASEI FIBERS
To: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 039140/0961 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2013
From: TANAKA, TAKESHI; ISE, FUMIAKI; OKUNO, TOKIO; ENOKI, MASATO
To: ASAHI KASEI FIBERS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029855/0905 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-186323 · Aug 23, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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