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US 7,246,818 B2Granted
Inflator
AssigneeTakata Corporation
InventorHiroshi Jomura
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Abstract
A protecting device for an occupant of a vehicle includes: an airbag positioned to inflate along an interior side of a vehicle; an elongated inflator including a tube extending along the interior side of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle; several openings in the tube positioned to allow inflation gas to enter and inflate the airbag.
Claims16
A protecting device for an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag positioned to inflate along an interior side of a vehicle;
- an elongated inflator including a pre-pressurized tube extending along the interior side of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- and
- a plurality of openings in the tube positioned to allow inflation gas to enter and inflate the airbag,
- wherein the tube includes about 20 to about 100 openings per meter of tube length.
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A protecting device for an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag positioned to inflate along an interior side of a vehicle;
- an elongated inflator including a pre-pressurized tube extending along the interior side of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- and
- a plurality of openings in the tube positioned to allow inflation gas to enter and inflate the airbag, wherein the openings are sealed with membranes, and
- wherein the tube includes about 20 to about 100 openings per meter of tube length.
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A protecting device for an occupant of a vehicle, comprising:
- an airbag positioned to inflate along an interior side of a vehicle;
- an elongated inflator including a tube extending along the interior side of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle;
- and
- a plurality of openings in the tube positioned to allow inflation gas to enter and inflate the airbag, wherein the openings comprise partial punctures having weakened portions configured to rupture when a pressure inside the tube exceeds a predetermined threshold;
- and
- wherein the tube includes about 20 to about 100 openings per meter of tube length.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.