Inflator with an auto-ignition cradle
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1. A gas generating system comprising:
- an inflator containing a housing, an interior defined by said housing, said housing also defining an exterior about said inflator;
a gas generating composition within said interior;
a booster composition within said interior;
an auto-ignition composition for igniting said booster composition; and
an auto-ignition cradle fixed within said interior and extending through said housing to said exterior to facilitate thermodynamic communication between said cradle and said exterior, said cradle containing said auto-ignition composition, wherein said auto-ignition composition is ignitable by heat transferred from said auto-ignition cradle.
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Abstract
A gas generating system includes an inflator that contains an auto-ignition cradle containing an auto-ignition composition. The cradle operatively and thermodynamically communicates with the exterior of the inflator and also resiliently contains the auto-ignition composition, thereby maximizing the ignitability of the auto-ignition composition in the event of a fire.
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1. A gas generating system comprising:
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an inflator containing a housing, an interior defined by said housing, said housing also defining an exterior about said inflator; a gas generating composition within said interior; a booster composition within said interior; an auto-ignition composition for igniting said booster composition; and an auto-ignition cradle fixed within said interior and extending through said housing to said exterior to facilitate thermodynamic communication between said cradle and said exterior, said cradle containing said auto-ignition composition, wherein said auto-ignition composition is ignitable by heat transferred from said auto-ignition cradle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. An inflator comprising:
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a housing, an interior defined by said housing, said housing also defining an exterior about said inflator; a gas generating composition within said interior; a booster composition within said interior; an auto-ignition composition for igniting said booster composition; and an auto-ignition cradle fixed within said interior and extending through said housing to said exterior to facilitate thermodynamic communication between said cradle and said exterior, said cradle containing said auto-ignition composition. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. An inflator comprising:
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a housing, an interior defined by said housing, said housing also defining an exterior about said inflator; a gas generating composition within said interior; a booster composition within said interior; an auto-ignition composition for igniting said booster composition; and an auto-ignition cradle fixed within said interior and in operative communication with said exterior, said housing containing at least one aperture proximate to said cradle, said cradle extending through said at least one aperture thereby providing thermodynamic communication with said exterior of said inflator, said cradle containing said auto-ignition composition, wherein said auto-ignition composition is ignitable by heat transferred from said auto-ignition cradle.
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