Ignition device for passive retention system
AssigneeDaimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsPeter-Matthias Hoheisel, Gerhard Komander
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Abstract
An ignition device for a passive retention system, especially in motor vehicles, in which an ignition unit fitted into a housing includes two plug pins which protrude on one side with their free ends out of a covering and which, on the other side, are connected with a heater bridge and are surrounded by an ignition substance within a casing.
Claims18
An ignition device for a passive retention system, characterized in that an ignition unit for being coupled into a housing means includes two connecting pins having free ends projecting out of a coupling means of the ignition unit, the connecting pins being operatively connected in the region of the opposite ends thereof with a filament means, the filament means being surrounded by an ignitable ignition composition arranged within a casing means, the coupling means including a socket member having a predetermined configuration prior to coupling with the housing means, the socket member being provided with a portion having a first cross section adjoining a conical chamfered portion, the conical chamfered portion adjoining an adapter portion having a smaller cross section than the first cross section, the coupling means enabling a rapid installation and tight seal of the ignition unit with the housing means upon coupling.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.