US Patent Issued to Asahi Kasei on June 17 for "Airbag patch cloth" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,436, issued on June 17, was assigned to Asahi Kasei K.K. (Tokyo).

"Airbag patch cloth" was invented by Takumi Kabeya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an airbag patch cloth that has superior packability and cutting resistance upon deployment of the airbag, and which is particularly suitable for a curtain airbag. The airbag patch cloth is a woven fabric which satisfies the following equations: Px=E/(TxxFx)x1000, Py=E/(TyxFy)x1000, wherein E indicates the kinetic energy (J) of a block and a blade. In the equations, Tx indicates the average value (mm) of a torn length in the warp direction, Fx indicat...