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Initiator assembly for air bag inflator

  • US 5,269,560 A
  • Filed: 06/11/1992
  • Issued: 12/14/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/18/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Apparatus for inflating an air bag, comprising:

  • an inflator housing defining a chamber in said housing,a quantity of gas generating material disposed within said chamber which, when ignited, generates gas for inflating the air bag,an igniter recess in said gas generating material for receiving an igniter therein,a cover separate from said housing, said cover being fixed to said housing and closing said chamber except for said igniter recess, said cover having an igniter opening aligned with said igniter recess,an igniter actuatable to ignite said gas generating material, andmeans for securing said igniter to said housing and in said igniter recess, comprising;

    a weld adaptor separate from said cover and from said housing, anda body of plastic material attaching said igniter to said weld adaptor, said weld adaptor being larger in diameter than said igniter recess and when fixed to said cover with said igniter attached thereto closing said igniter recess,said weld adaptor being welded to said cover and attaching said igniter to said housing;

    said weld adaptor including a conical surface in a socket portion of said weld adaptor and surface means for defining a circumferential groove dividing said conical surface into an axially inner portion and an axially outer portion, a portion of said plastic material being disposed in said groove in said weld adaptor to lock said plastic material to said weld adaptor, said weld adaptor having an annular axially extending surface and an annular radially extending surface together defining an outwardly facing shoulder on said weld adaptor, another portion of said plastic material being located against said shoulder of said weld adaptor and adhering to said surfaces forming said shoulder.

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