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Inflator for vehicle protection apparatus

  • US 6,543,806 B1
  • Filed: 08/03/2000
  • Issued: 04/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A pressurized container comprising:

  • a hollow vessel defining a chamber therein, the chamber having first and second portions separated by an isolator member which includes a passage therethrough fluidly connecting the first and second portions;

    a housing connected to the vessel, the housing defining an outlet;

    a closure member connected to the housing and fluidly separating the outlet from the chamber of the vessel;

    a moveable member seated within and forming a seal with the housing and abutting the closure member; and

    an initiator connected to the housing, the initiator comprising a pyrotechnic charge housed within a body;

    wherein activation of the initiator ignites the charge, thereby producing expanding gases that burst the body and propel the moveable member through the closure member, thereby fluidly connecting the first portion of the chamber and the outlet to release pressurized gas within the chamber from the first portion of the chamber with sufficient volume to completely inflate an air bag of an automobile, and to release the pressurized gas within the chamber from the second portion of the chamber to maintain the inflation of the air bag of the automobile.

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