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Distributed charge inflator system

  • US 7,162,958 B2
  • Filed: 08/21/2002
  • Issued: 01/16/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An inflatable system comprising:

  • a. an inflatable component; and

    b. means for inflating and sustaining inflation of the inflatable component, such means comprising;

    i. a non-inflatable housing distinct from but in fluid communication with the inflatable component, the housing comprising;

    A. a combustion chamber;

    B. a gas storage chamber in fluid communication with the combustion chamber; and

    C. a gas nozzle actuatable prior to inflation of the inflatable component;

    ii. an initiator disposed in the combustion chamber;

    iii. a gas propellant disposed in the combustion chamber;

    iv. a charge distributed within the inflatable component such that a substantial portion of the charge is disposed outside the housing, the charge generating inflating gas so as to provide initial inflation of the inflatable component; and

    v. a compressed gas, disposed in the gas storage chamber in fluid communication with the gas nozzle, for sustaining inflation of the inflatable component after its initial inflation.

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