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US 6,886,469 B2Granted
Distributed charge inflator system
AssigneeZodiac Automotive US Inc.
InventorsDavid Shilliday, Greg Scaven, Kevin Fitzgerald
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Abstract
An inflatable system includes a first charge distributed within an inflatable component and a housing body connected to the first charge including a second charge and an initiator. Upon receiving a signal from a sensor, the initiator ignites the first charge and the second charge simultaneously. The first charge inflates the inflatable component and the second charge sustains the inflation.
Claims12
An inflatable system comprising:
- an inflatable component;
- a first charge distributed within the inflatable component;
- a housing body connected to the first charge, and
- wherein (i) the housing body includes a second charge and an initiator for igniting the first charge and the second charge and (ii) the inflatable component comprises expandable material surrounding the first charge.
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An inflatable system comprising:
- an inflatable component;
- a first charge distributed within the inflatable component;
- and
- a housing body including a second charge, said housing body being connected to the first charge,
- wherein (i) a burn time of the second charge is slower than a burn time of the first charge and (ii) the inflatable component comprises expandable material surrounding the first charge.
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An inflatable system comprising:
- an inflatable component;
- a first charge distributed within the inflatable component;
- a housing body including a second charge, said housing body being connected to the first charge, and
- an initiator;
- and wherein (i) a burn time of the second charge is slower than a burn time of the first charge and (ii) the initiator is in gaseous communication with both the first charge and the second charge so as to ignite both charges simultaneously.
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An inflatable system comprising:
- an inflatable component;
- a first charge distributed within the inflatable component;
- a housing body connected to the first charge, and
- wherein (i) the housing body includes a second charge and an initiator for igniting the first charge and the second charge and (ii) the initiator is in gaseous communication with both the first charge and the second charge so as to ignite both charges simultaneously.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.