1. An airbag apparatus mounted on a vehicle comprising:
an airbag;
an airbag housing portion for housing the airbag folded in a predetermined configuration and including an airbag opening for allowing the airbag to be developed and expanded;
an airbag cover for covering the airbag opening;
a gas-supplying device for supplying gas to the airbag to expand and develop the airbag in a developing and expanding area when a vehicle accident occurs; and
an airbag-holding member for holding the folded airbag, disposed over an outer surface of the folded airbag housed in the airbag housing portion to partition the airbag housing portion and the airbag cover, said airbag-holding member being formed of translucent first and second resin layers stacked in a sheet thickness direction, said first resin layer being disposed at a side directly contacting the airbag and having a low frictional characteristic for the airbag, and said second resin layer being disposed over the first resin layer and having a strength greater than that of the first resin layer, said second resin layer having, as a tear line, a reduced thickness portion extending from an outer surface toward the first resin layer.
2. An airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the airbag-holding member is fixed to an outer surface of the airbag in a folded condition to be housed in the airbag housing portion.
3. An airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the airbag-holding member is arranged to wrap around an outer surface of the airbag with an airbag open side, folded in a predetermined configuration.
4. An airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the airbag-holding member is arranged such that the first and second resin layers cover the airbag opening of the airbag housing portion, and the first and second resin layers are fixed to an opening side of the airbag housing portion.
5. An airbag apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said airbag-holding member has a rectangular shape to cover four sides of the folded airbag.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A lens formation method comprising:
(1) generating a pulsed laser radiation output from a laser source;
(2) distributing said pulsed laser radiation output across an input area of a microscope objective;
(3) accepting said distributed pulsed radiation into a numerical aperture within said microscope objective to produce a focused laser radiation output; and
(4) transmitting said focused laser radiation output into a polymeric material (PLM) to modify the hydrophilicity within said PLM.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said distribution of said focused laser radiation output is configured to be larger than the field size of said microscope objective by use of an X-Y stage configured to position said microscope objective.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser source further comprises a femtosecond laser source emitting laser pulses with a megahertz repetition rate.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein said pulsed laser radiation output has energy in a range of 1 to 500 nanojoules.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein said pulsed laser radiation output has a repetition rate in the range of 1 MHz to 100 MHz.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said pulsed laser radiation output has a pulse width in the range of 10 fs to 350 fs.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said focused laser radiation output has a spot size in the X-Y directions in the range of 0.5 to 10 micrometers.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein said focused laser radiation output has a spot size in the Z direction in the range of 0.1 to 200 micrometers.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein said PLM is shaped in the form of a lens.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein said PLM is water saturated.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material, said ophthalmic lens material located within the eye of a patient.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser scanner is configured to distribute said focused laser radiation output in a two-dimensional pattern within said PLM.
14. The method of claim 13 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material.
15. The method of claim 13 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material, said ophthalmic lens material located within the eye of a patient.
16. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser scanner is configured to distribute said focused laser radiation output in a three-dimensional pattern within said PLM.
17. The method of claim 16 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material.
18. The method of claim 16 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material, said ophthalmic lens material located within the eye of a patient.
19. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser scanner is configured to distribute said focused laser radiation output in a three-dimensional pattern within said PLM, said pattern forming a convex lens within said PLM.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material.
21. The method of claim 19 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material, said ophthalmic lens material located within the eye of a patient.
22. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser scanner is configured to distribute said focused laser radiation output in a three-dimensional pattern within said PLM, said pattern forming a biconvex lens within said PLM.
23. The method of claim 22 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material.
24. The method of claim 22 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material, said ophthalmic lens material located within the eye of a patient.
25. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser scanner is configured to distribute said focused laser radiation output in a three-dimensional pattern within said PLM, said pattern forming a concave lens within said PLM.
26. The method of claim 25 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material.
27. The method of claim 25 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material, said ophthalmic lens material located within the eye of a patient.
28. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser scanner is configured to distribute said focused laser radiation output in a three-dimensional pattern within said PLM, said pattern forming a biconcave lens within said PLM.
29. The method of claim 28 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material.
30. The method of claim 28 wherein said PLM comprises an intraocular lens contained within an ophthalmic lens material, said ophthalmic lens material located within the eye of a patient.
31. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser scanner is configured to distribute said focused laser radiation output in a three-dimensional pattern within said PLM; said focused laser radiation output interacts with polymers within the treated internal region and results in a change in hydrophilicity within said internal region of said PM; and said hydrophilicity change resulting in a corresponding change in refractive index of said volume associated with said three-dimensional pattern.
32. The method of claim 31 wherein said hydrophilicity change results in a negative refractive index change within said PLM having an initial refractive index greater than 1.3.
33. The method of claim 31 wherein said refractive index change is greater than 0.01.
34. The method of claim 31 wherein said volume associated with said three-dimensional pattern ranges from 10 micrometers to 100 micrometers.
35. The method of claim 31 wherein said three-dimensional pattern comprises a plurality of layers within said PLM.
36. The method of claim 1 wherein said PLM comprises a crosslinked polymeric copolymer.
37. The method of claim 1 wherein said PLM comprises a crosslinked polymeric acrylic polymer.
38. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser source further comprises an Acousto-Optic Modulator (AOM).
39. The method of claim 1 wherein said laser source further comprises a greyscale Acousto-Optic Modulator (AOM).
40. The method of claim 1 wherein said PLM has been presoaked in a liquid solution comprising water.
41. The method of claim 1 wherein said PLM comprises an ultraviolet (UV) absorbing material.