A VARIABLE OUTPUT DRIVER SIDE HYBRID INFLATOR

A variable output inflator (20) for use in inflating an air bag or air cushion comprising: a pressure vessel (22) comprising a thin walled toroidal pressure vessel portion (23) and a cylindrical pressure vessel portion (60) circumscribed by, in physical contact and in fluid communication with the to...

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Hauptverfasser: DIGIACOMO, MICHAEL, COPPERTHITE, CHESTER, GOLD, STEPHEN, HUSBAND, RICHARD, WOODS, CHARLES, BISHOP, ROBERT
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A variable output inflator (20) for use in inflating an air bag or air cushion comprising: a pressure vessel (22) comprising a thin walled toroidal pressure vessel portion (23) and a cylindrical pressure vessel portion (60) circumscribed by, in physical contact and in fluid communication with the toroidal pressure vessel portion, the cylindrical pressure vessel portion including a rupturable disk (74) and at least one exit port (78) communicable with an air bag; a pyrotechnic member (200a,b) for heating stored inflation gas within the pressure vessel to a pressure level to rupture the rupturable disk, allowing heated inflation gas to exit and fill an adjacently attached air bag.