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SELF-CONTAINED PASSENGER RESTRAINING SYSTEM

  • US 3,663,035 A
  • Filed: 01/27/1970
  • Issued: 05/16/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1970
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A vehicle safety system for restraining movement of an occupant upon the occurrence of a collision condition, said system being self-contained, independent of the electrical system of the vehicle and comprising an occupant restraining member movable between a collapsed inoperative position and a deployed position;

  • deployment means operatively associated with the occupant restraining member for moving said member out of its collapsed inoperative position toward its deployed position, said deployment means comprising a pyrotechnic gas generator containing a gas-generating charge of compact granular pyrotechnic material selected from the group consisting of black powder and ammonium nitrate;

    inertia sensing means responsive to a rapid deceleration force above a predetermined value; and

    an explosive signal transmission line operatively connecting the inertia sensing means and the deployment means and being substantially instantaneously responsive to the inertia sensing means for activating the deployment mean and causing deployment of the restraining member.

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