Generant preload and tolerance takeup assembly for vehicular airbag installation
First Claim
1. In a gas generating assembly for a vehicular airbag system including a substantially hollow, cylindrical filter having a longitudinal central axis and first and second ends, a substantially cylindrical gas generant having first and second ends and retained within said filter substantially coaxial therewith, and a preload seated against the first end of said gas generant to apply a compressive force thereagainst, the improvement wherein said preload comprises:
- a metallic cup-shaped body having a sidewall seated securely within the first end of said filter and substantially coaxial therewith and a substantially circular base bounded by said sidewall;
a metallic contact member engaging the first end of said gas generant; and
metallic spring means intermediate said base and contact member for maintaining an axial compressive force against the first end of said gas generant.
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Abstract
An all-metal preload for the gas generant charge of a passenger-side vehicular airbag assembly includes a base member which lodges firmly in one end of the cylindrical filter. A contact member engages the end of the generant charge. Spring means are interposed between the base member and the contact member for maintaining a compressive force against the generant charge.
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19 Claims
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1. In a gas generating assembly for a vehicular airbag system including a substantially hollow, cylindrical filter having a longitudinal central axis and first and second ends, a substantially cylindrical gas generant having first and second ends and retained within said filter substantially coaxial therewith, and a preload seated against the first end of said gas generant to apply a compressive force thereagainst, the improvement wherein said preload comprises:
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a metallic cup-shaped body having a sidewall seated securely within the first end of said filter and substantially coaxial therewith and a substantially circular base bounded by said sidewall; a metallic contact member engaging the first end of said gas generant; and metallic spring means intermediate said base and contact member for maintaining an axial compressive force against the first end of said gas generant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A preload for the gas generant of an automotive airbag installation, which generant has first and second ends and is housed within a cylindrical filter having first and second ends, which comprises:
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a metallic cup-shaped body having a sidewall seatable securely within the first end of said filter, substantially coaxial therewith, and a substantially circular base bounded by said sidewall; a metallic contact member engageable with the first end of said generant; and metallic spring means intermediate said base and contact member for maintaining an axial compressive force against the first end of said gas generant. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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