Air bag module with oppositely aligned inflators
AssigneeBreed Automotive Technology, Inc.
InventorsTodd D. Fowler, Brian C. Ford, Lawrence R. Langbeen
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Abstract
An air bag system comprising: a housing/inflator assembly and an air bag assembly operatively linked to the housing/inflator assembly to receive inflation gas to inflate an air bag of the air bag assembly, the housing/inflator assembly comprising: a plurality of inflators, each inflator including at least one exit port near a first end thereof, each inflator having a respective opposite second end, the housing/inflator assembly further including: a housing for mounting the inflators relative to one another with the at least one exit port of one of the inflator's positioned adjacent the second end of a second of the inflator's and with the second end of the first inflator adjacent the exit port of the second inflator.
Claims14
An air bag system comprising:
- a housing, an air bag and a plurality of inflators;
- each inflator having a cylindrical shape with a first end and a second end, at least one exit port located near the first end of each inflator;
- the air bag configured to receive the inflators prior to attachment of the inflators or air bag to the housing;
- the inflators arranged, within the air bag, relative to one another, with the at least one exit port of a first one of the inflators positioned adjacent the second end of a second one of the inflators and with the second end of the first inflator adjacent the exit port of the second inflator;
- the housing further including first means for mounting the air bag with the inflators therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.