Single stage inflator
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1. A single stage airbag inflator comprising:
- a disk shaped housing;
a gas generant and an enhancer internal to said disk shaped housing; and
a single initiator, the single initiator having an initiator housing being located offset from a center of the disk shaped housing.
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Abstract
The present invention described hereafter provides a single stage inflator with a disk shaped inflator housing with one initiator having a single initiating squib located in an initiator housing, the initiator housing being offset relative to the centerline of the disk shaped inflator housing.
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1. A single stage airbag inflator comprising:
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a disk shaped housing;
a gas generant and an enhancer internal to said disk shaped housing; and
a single initiator, the single initiator having an initiator housing being located offset from a center of the disk shaped housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14)
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11. A single stage airbag inflator comprising:
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a disk shaped housing;
a gas generant and an enhancer disposed inside of the disk shaped housing; and
a single initiator housing assembly comprising a single initiator disposed in an initiator housing, the single initiator housing assembly being spaced a distance from a center location of the disk shaped housing. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A single stage airbag inflator comprising:
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a disk shaped housing;
a gas generant and an enhancer disposed inside of the disk shaped housing;
an annular filter located inside of the disk shaped housing adjacent or in close proximity to an annular sidewall of the disk shaped housing and between the gas generant and the disk shaped housing; and
a single initiator housing assembly comprising a single initiator and the enhancer disposed in an initiator housing, the single initiator housing assembly being spaced a distance from a center location of the disk shaped housing, the single initiator being located adjacent or in close proximity to an inside circumferential portion of the annular filter, the initiator housing has a plurality of vent hole or openings oriented to direct gasses from the burning of the initiator and enhancer away from the annular filter and into the gas generant. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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