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Air bag inflator

  • US 5,398,967 A
  • Filed: 08/18/1993
  • Issued: 03/21/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An inflator for a vehicular air bag, the inflator having an outer housing, an ignitor located centrally thereof, a propellant chamber circumferentially surrounding the ignitor, an a filter chamber circumferentially surrounding the ignitor chamber, the outer housing comprising:

  • a metal cover and a metal base wherein one or the other of the cover has a circumferential lip defining a channel and a rim of the other of the cover and base is received with the channel, and the cover and base are shaped such that an external portion of the lip abuts the other of the cover and base to form a joint which sealingly connects the cover and base and secures the cover and base together during operation of the inflator.

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