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Tuning the performance of compressed gas-containing inflators

  • US 6,726,243 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2002
  • Issued: 04/27/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for inflating an inflatable device, the apparatus comprising:

  • a chamber containing a gas mixture under an elevated pressure, the gas mixture having an average molecular weight of at least 10 and no more than 15, the gas mixture effective to provide a gaseous inflation medium to inflate the inflatable device;

    a chamber opener actuatable to open the chamber; and

    a diffuser assembly including at least one exit port for directing gaseous inflation medium from the apparatus to the inflatable device.

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