Device for actuating a vehicle safety system
First Claim
1. A device for actuating a vehicle safety system, said device comprising a gas generator (12) having an outer housing (14), a rigid gas deflection part provided outside said outer housing (14) and at least one elastic fastening means (18) for said gas deflection part, which presses said gas deflection part, when said gas generator (12) is not actuated, against said gas generator (12) and, upon outflow of gas, varies a distance of said gas deflection part from said outer housing (14) depending on a gas pressure.
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A device for actuating a vehicle safety system comprises a gas generator (12) having an outer housing (14) and a rigid gas deflection part provided outside the outer housing (14). The device further includes at least one elastic fastening means (18) for the gas deflection part, which presses the gas deflection part, when the gas generator (12) is not actuated, against the latter and with the escaping of gas varies the distance of the gas deflection part from the outer housing (14) depending on the gas pressure. The deflection part can be an integral portion of the fastening means (18).
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1. A device for actuating a vehicle safety system, said device comprising
a gas generator (12) having an outer housing (14), a rigid gas deflection part provided outside said outer housing (14) and at least one elastic fastening means (18) for said gas deflection part, which presses said gas deflection part, when said gas generator (12) is not actuated, against said gas generator (12) and, upon outflow of gas, varies a distance of said gas deflection part from said outer housing (14) depending on a gas pressure.
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10. A device for actuating a vehicle safety system, said device comprising
a gas generator (12) having an outer housing (14), at least one elastic fastening means (18) having a portion forming a gas deflection part provided outside said outer housing (14), which presses its gas deflection part, when said gas generator (12) is not actuated, against the gas generator, wherein upon outflow of gas, said deflection part being pushed away from said gas generator to vary a distance of said gas deflection part from said outer housing (14) depending on a gas pressure.
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