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US 8,282,127 B1Granted
Gas generating system
AssigneeTK Holdings Inc.
InventorsRichard W. Morgan, Eduardo L. Quioc
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Abstract
A gas generating system including a housing and a divider dividing an interior of the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber. First and second tubes extend into the second chamber and end at the divider. At least one opening is formed in the divider to enable fluid communication of the first chamber with an interior of only the first tube after activation of the gas generating system.
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A gas generating system comprising:
- a housing formed from a first housing portion and a second housing portion;
- a divider dividing an interior of the housing into a first chamber on a first side of the divider and a second chamber on a second side of the divider, the divider having a base portion and a rim extending from the base portion in a first direction and abutting an interior surface of the second housing portion;
- first and second tubes extending from the first housing portion in the first direction into the second chamber and ending at the divider;
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- at least one opening formed in the divider to enable fluid communication between the first and second sides of the divider after activation of the gas generating system wherein all of the openings on the second side of the divider enabling fluid communication between the first and second sides of the divider are positioned within the first tube.
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A gas generating system comprising:
- a housing formed from a first housing portion and a second housing portion defining a housing interior;
- a divider dividing the housing interior into a first chamber and a second chamber, the divider having a base portion and a rim extending from the base portion in a first direction and abutting an interior surface of the second housing portion;
- first and second igniter tubes extending from the first housing portion in the first direction into the second chamber and ending at the divider;
- a first igniter positioned in the first igniter tube and operatively coupled to the first chamber for initiating combustion of a gas generant material only in the first chamber;
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- a second igniter positioned in the second igniter tube and operatively coupled to the second chamber for initiating combustion of a gas generant material only in the second chamber, wherein the system is configured to enable ignition of the gas generant in the second chamber without any subsequent ignition of the gas generant in the first chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.