Inflator for air bag
First Claim
1. An inflator for an air bag comprising:
- a cylindrical inflator housing charged a pressurized medium inside and formed with an opening portion at the axial end portion;
a diffuser portion installed at the opening portion of the inflator housing, provided with a gas discharging port and having an inner space extending from the opening portion to the gas discharging port as a gas flow passage;
a rupturable plate provided in the gas flow passage inside the diffuser portion to seal outflow of a pressurized medium;
an ignition means accommodated inside the diffuser portion and rupturing the rupturable plate by activation; and
a gas discharging duct extending from the gas discharging port and having a distal end branched in opposite two directions, wherein an orifice portion for regulating a gas flow amount is formed in the gas flow passage inside the diffuser portion while distal ends of the branched portions in the gas discharging duct are formed with plural openings, and the plural openings provided at the distal end of the branched portion in the gas discharging duct are formed such that the total opening area thereof is larger than the opening area of the orifice portion.
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Abstract
The present invention provides an inflator for an air bag in which fragments of a rupturable plate do not flow into the air bag, a stable operational performance is exhibited, a manufacturing cost is reduced but durability is improved and installation is made easy.
The present invention provides an inflator for an air bag comprising a diffuser portion having a gas discharging port and a gas discharging duct extending from the gas discharging port in the axial direction of an inflator housing, wherein the total opening area of plural openings provided at distal ends of a branched portion in the gas discharging duct is larger than the opening area of an orifice portion provided inside the diffuser portion.
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1. An inflator for an air bag comprising:
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a cylindrical inflator housing charged a pressurized medium inside and formed with an opening portion at the axial end portion;
a diffuser portion installed at the opening portion of the inflator housing, provided with a gas discharging port and having an inner space extending from the opening portion to the gas discharging port as a gas flow passage;
a rupturable plate provided in the gas flow passage inside the diffuser portion to seal outflow of a pressurized medium;
an ignition means accommodated inside the diffuser portion and rupturing the rupturable plate by activation; and
a gas discharging duct extending from the gas discharging port and having a distal end branched in opposite two directions, wherein an orifice portion for regulating a gas flow amount is formed in the gas flow passage inside the diffuser portion while distal ends of the branched portions in the gas discharging duct are formed with plural openings, and the plural openings provided at the distal end of the branched portion in the gas discharging duct are formed such that the total opening area thereof is larger than the opening area of the orifice portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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