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Inflator housing structure

  • US 4,938,501 A
  • Filed: 03/10/1989
  • Issued: 07/03/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An air bag inflator structure, comprisinga container having a longitudinal axis and a wall that circumscribes said longitudinal axis, said wall at least partially defining a cavity for receiving a gas generating means and having gas dispensing nozzles extending through said wall;

  • said wall including (a) a nozzle area extending along a selected longitudinal portion of said wall and partially circumscribing said longitudinal axis, (b) a reaction area partially circumscribing said longitudinal axis and disposed diametrically opposite said nozzle area and (c) connecting areas partially circumscribing said longitudinal axis so as to extend between said nozzle area and said reaction area,the thickness of said wall in said nozzle area being greater than the thickness of said wall in said connecting areas, and said gas dispensing nozzles being disposed in said nozzle area.

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