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Air bag inflator using liquid monopropellant and adaptable to produce outputs with various parameters

  • US 5,951,043 A
  • Filed: 11/24/1997
  • Issued: 09/14/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gas generator to provide gases under pressure for inflating an air bag, comprising:

  • a wall forming a combustion chamber, said wall including a burst portion which fractures upon the exertion of a sufficient charge in said combustion chamber;

    an initiator inside said combustion chamber for initiating the combustion of a charge contained in said combustion chamber;

    an auxiliary chamber;

    a conduit connecting said chambers; and

    a fluid gas-generating charge contained in said chambers, said charge being auto-ignitable by said initiator, and whose reaction is self-sustaining after ignition.

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