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Air bag inflator

  • US 5,803,494 A
  • Filed: 08/07/1996
  • Issued: 09/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device, said apparatus comprising:

  • a container defining a chamber for material which effects inflation of the protection device, said container including a first opening of a first flow area through which fluid flows to inflate the protection device;

    a rupturable first closure blocking fluid flow through the first opening in said container;

    first actuatable means for, upon actuation, effecting the rupture of said first closure;

    a member movable from a first position in which the fluid flow through the first opening is unrestricted when said first closure is ruptured to a second position in which fluid flow through the first opening is restricted by a portion of said member; and

    second actuatable means for, upon actuation, moving said member from the first position to the second position and effecting the rupture of said first closure.

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