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Adaptive output inflator

  • US 6,032,979 A
  • Filed: 02/18/1998
  • Issued: 03/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/18/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An airbag inflator comprising:

  • a housing defining a first chamber which in an at rest state contains a quantity of a first gas generant material ignitable to produce first combustion products including a first inflation gas, said first chamber having a plurality of spaced apart gas exit ports adapted to open to permit passage of the first inflation gas from said airbag inflator, said first chamber also containing a second chamber which in an at rest state contains a quantity of a second gas generant material ignitable to produce second combustion products, said second chamber including an exit orifice adapted to open to place the second combustion products in fluid communication with contents of the first chamber;

    a first igniter device operatively associated with the first chamber; and

    a second igniter device operatively associated with the second chamber.

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