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Inflator for a protective inflatable cushion system

  • US 4,437,681 A
  • Filed: 06/25/1982
  • Issued: 03/20/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/03/1980
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A gas generator located on a support strap of a safety harness of a vehicle restraint within a safety cushion thereof for inflating said safety cushion, said gas generator comprising:

  • a body having the form of a thin, flat rectangular package and including plural side-by-side, elongated combustion chambers having longitudinal axes which lie in a common plane and extend substantially parallel to the sides of said rectangular package having the longer dimensions, each of said combustion chambers being filled with gas generating material and including filtering, cooling and pH-adjusting screens, said generator body further including an igniter having a longitudinal axis and being commonly located with respect to and in communicating relation with at least two of said chambers, each of said chambers having an outlet formed in said generator body, said outlet being in direct communication with the interior of said cushion for inflating said cushion; and

    ignition means for said igniter.

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