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US 4,899,663 AGranted
Percussion initiated inflator assembly
AssigneeAutomotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.
InventorWilliam F. Thorn
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Abstract
A percussion initiated inflator assembly for an airbag comprises a detonator panel that effects essentially simultaneous ignition of a plurality of gas generators by a shock wave.
Claims1
A percussion initiated inflator assembly comprising
- a housing,
- an airbag forming a front wall of said housing,
- a rigid detonator panel forming a rear wall of said housing,
- a plurality of gas generating cartridge supported within said housing by said detonator panel,
- a percussion initiated primer in each of said cartridges,
- a diaphragm between the percussion primer of each of said cartridges and said detonator panel,
- a single detonator supported internally of said detonator panel in spaced relation to said cartridges, and
- an explosive trace disposed internally of said detonator panel and extending from said detonator to the diaphragm of each of said cartridges, respectively, for effective percussion ignition thereof.
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