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AIR BAG GAS INFLATOR

  • US 20010017461A1
  • Filed: 08/17/1998
  • Published: 08/30/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/20/1996
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gas generator for an air bag, comprising:

  • an outer shell vessel having a pressurized gas accommodating chamber for storing a gas therein and a diffuser nozzle, provided at an opening of said outer shell vessel, having gas discharge ports in communication with the air bag, said opening being covered by a rupturable partition wall;

    ignition means disposed within said outer shell vessel and operates upon receiving an operation signal; and

    gas generating means for generating gas when said ignition means operates, wherein said outer shell vessel includes a gas discharge chamber disposed over the second partition wall at a position different from where said diffuser nozzle is disposed, and said gas discharge chamber has a gas discharge port which communicates the inside of the chamber with an atmosphere, and said gas discharge chamber has gas discharging means which activates upon receiving another operation signal and ruptures said second partition member to discharge the gas.

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