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Apparatus for inflating a side curtain

  • US 6,296,274 B1
  • Filed: 02/11/2000
  • Issued: 10/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vehicle occupant safety apparatus comprising:

  • an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device;

    a container for storing gas under pressure, said container having an outlet;

    a mechanism for opening said container to release said gas to flow from said outlet at supersonic speed;

    a pyrotechnic material which is ignitable to generate gas for helping to inflate said inflatable device, said pyrotechnic material being ignitable in response to being impacted by said gas flowing from said outlet at supersonic speed; and

    a conduit directing at least a first portion of said gas flowing from said outlet to said pyrotechnic material to ignite said pyrotechnic material.

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