Pyrotechnical igniter
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorsValerian Courtaux, Hervé Chevalier
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Abstract
An electro-pyrotechnical igniter includes a metal case, a cap and a plastic overmolding. The metal case contains pyrotechnical material and includes at least one vent on a side wall thereof. The cap is made from electrically insulating material and covers the metal case at least at the at least one vent. The plastic overmolding covers at least one end of the cap. The metal case includes at least one shoulder arranged between the side vent and a zone of the metal case across from the end of the cap covered by the overmolding.
Claims15
An electro-pyrotechnical igniter comprising:
- a metal case containing pyrotechnical material, the metal case including a first end having a first external diameter and a second end having a second external diameter, the first external diameter being smaller than the second external diameter, the first end including at least one vent on a side wall thereof;
- a cap made from electrically insulating material and having an open end and a closed end, the cap covering the first end of the metal case and at least an axial portion of the second end of the case, the cap covering the at least one vent;
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- a plastic overmolding radially covering the open end of the cap,
- wherein the metal case includes a shoulder arranged between the first end of the case and the second end of the case, and
- wherein a first outer surface of the first end of the metal case including the at least one vent on the side wall thereof is substantially parallel to a second outer surface of the second end of the metal case.
An electro-pyrotechnical igniter comprising:
- a metal case containing pyrotechnical material, the metal case including a first end having a first outer surface with a first diameter and a second end having a second outer surface with a second diameter, the first diameter being smaller than the second diameter, the first end having the first diameter including at least one vent on a side wall thereof;
- a cap made from electrically insulating material and having an open end and a closed end, the cap covering the first end of the metal case and at least an axial portion of the second end of the case, the cap covering the at least one vent;
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- a plastic overmolding radially covering the open end of the cap,
- wherein a first tolerance is radially between the cap and the first portion and a second tolerance is radially between the cap and the second portion, the first tolerance is greater than the second tolerance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.