Device for inflating an airbag
AssigneeBreed Automotive Technology, Inc.
InventorsMartin Specht, Rudolf Meyer
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Abstract
A device for inflating an airbag comprising a container for a compressed gas of a sealing device, which closes the container during normal operation and is provided in a gas release nozzle connected to the container in a gas tight manner, and a throttle opening, via which the released gas flows in a throttled manner out of the container via an emission opening and the gas release nozzle, whereby the throttle opening is formed through reshaping of a container wall part.
Claims6
A device for inflating an airbag comprising a container for a compressed gas and a sealing device that closes the container during normal operation and is opened to release gas to inflate the airbag, a gas throttle is located in a wall of the container, a gas release nozzle provided with a gas release opening is attached to the container arranged around the throttle opening, the sealing device being integral to the gas release nozzle, and a release device fastened to the gas release nozzle for opening the sealing device by moving a release tappet equipped with a conical sealing ring through a guide opening of the gas release nozzle whereby the conical sealing ring of the release tappet seals the guide opening.
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