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Dual inflator apparatus including pyrotechnic inflator

  • US 6,142,518 A
  • Filed: 12/05/1997
  • Issued: 11/07/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for use in inflating an inflatable in a vehicle, comprising:

  • a first inflator including oxygen gas that is at least present after activation of said first inflator; and

    a second inflator including a pyrotechnic inflator having a pyrotechnic gas generating material and being substantially free of a pressurized medium, said pyrotechnic gas generating material being fuel-rich and generating insufficient oxygen gas such that, in the absence of oxygen gas from said first inflator, after activation of said first and second inflators, an amount of toxic gas is presentand, when oxygen gas from said first inflator is present, said amount of toxic gas is reduced.

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