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Inflator

  • US 20030168841A1
  • Filed: 08/26/2002
  • Published: 09/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An inflator comprising an inflator housing in which a pressurized medium is charged and one end is provided with an opening portion, a diffuser portion which is fixed to the opening portion of the inflator housing and is provided with a gas discharging hole for discharging the pressurized medium flowing from the opening portion to the outside at a time of actuation, a rupturable plate closing an outflow path for the pressurized medium between the diffuser portion and the opening portion of the inflator housing, an igniter provided in the diffuser portion to serve as rupturing means for the rupturable plate, and a gas discharging port connected to the gas discharging hole of the diffuser portion to serve as a discharging path for the pressurized medium, wherein the gas discharging hole of the diffuser portion and the gas discharging port are connected by press-fitting an inflow portion for the pressurized medium of the gas discharging port into the gas discharging hole.

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