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Diffuser plate for an airbag gas generator

  • US 5,725,245 A
  • Filed: 09/17/1996
  • Issued: 03/10/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gas generator for a passive restraint device comprising a housing with a combustion chamber having an end defining a gas passage, solid gas generating fuel located in the combustion chamber, and a diffuser plate having a plurality of orifices to pass a gas generated by the combustion of the solid fuel therethrough, the diffuser plate mounted in the gas passage and a port area of from about 50 to about 90 percent of the gas passage cross-sectional area adjacent to the fuel, the diffuser plate having a greater surface area than the cross-sectional area of the gas passage.

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