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ACTUATING MEANS FOR INFLATING A VEHICULAR CRASH-PAD

  • US 3,704,032 A
  • Filed: 11/05/1970
  • Issued: 11/28/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/06/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An actuating means for inflating an inflatable crash pad by releasing high pressure from a tank, said crash pad being attached to said tank comprising means responsive to the speed of a vehicle for releasing said high pressure to fill said inflatable crash pad, said actuating means being located within said tank, a cover member for covering said tank provided with a throughbore, a rotatable release member eccentrically connected within said throughbore and normally being in a closed position blocking air pressure in said tank from inflating said crash pad, said release member being rotated to an open position when the vehicle experiences a predetermined amount of deceleration, a support lever having two ends, one of said two ends of said support lever being connected to said release member, a connecting lever member having two ends, a notch being formed on one of said two ends of said connecting lever member, the other of said two ends of said lever resting in said notch when said release member is in said closed position, a trip block connected to the other of said two ends of said connecting lever member being in an initial position when said release member is in said closed position and being displaced when said predetermined amount of deceleration is experienced by said vehicle, said lever member being released from said notch and said release member moving to an open position when said trip block is displaced.

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