The invention relates to an airbag arrangement comprising a flap, which closes a passage opening for an airbag, a hinge section along a side of the flap, an chute wall, which is connected to the flap via the hinge section; and a material web, which is partially arranged in the flap and partially in the chute wall, and transverses the hinge section, wherein the material web is molded into the chute wall and is anchored in the material of the chute wall.

A method of forming an airbag cushion (10, 10A) has the steps of providing placing the cushion in a vacuum bag (20) and evacuating the air shrinking the airbag cushion (10, 10A) to a compacted size; conforming the airbag cushion to a predetermined shape; placing the airbag cushion (10, 10A) in a high temperature environment between +50 C. to +140 for a predetermined time to thermally set the fabric material (120) to maintain the compacted airbag cushion (10, 10A) to the predetermined shape; and releasing the vacuum and removing the thermally set airbag cushion (10, 10A) from the vacuum bag (20

A tool comprising two tool halves formed by at least one upper tool and at least one lower tool, which together form a cavity for producing an airbag assembly with a flap component and a chute channel component. The cavity has a flap cavity and a chute channel cavity, wherein, in the lower tool, a first cavity wall section is formed which partially borders the flap cavity, and second cavity wall sections are formed which border the chute channel cavity. The tool also has at least one bending element which can be moved between an insertion position and a bending position and is designed to introduce sections of a material web, attached to the first cavity wall section and protruding over the chute channel cavity with one section, into the chute channel cavity when moving from the insertion position into the bending position.

A method for manufacturing a vehicle crash pad includes heating a skin layer using a heater, attaching a cushion layer to the skin layer, placing a lower mold and an upper mold relative to a fabric including the skin layer and the cushion layer, forming a molded member on the lower mold, vacuum molding. The upper mold is lowered to perform the vacuum molding. The method further includes a laser processing of the fabric and molded member using a processing system, where a sensor senses the fabric and molded member, and based on sensed data, a through-hole is defined by adjusting the intensity of a laser's light irradiated to the fabric and molded member.