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Gas generating system with gas generant cushion

  • US 9,073,512 B1
  • Filed: 07/23/2013
  • Issued: 07/07/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A gas generator comprising:

  • a housing containing a first end and a second end;

    a perforated first combustion chamber contained within said housing;

    a second combustion chamber contained within said housing, said second combustion chamber containing at least one gas exit aperture proximate to said second end of said housing;

    a first gas generant contained within said first combustion chamber;

    a second gas generant contained within said second combustion chamber;

    a first gas generant cushion positioned between one of either the first end or the second end, and the first gas generant, the first gas generant cushion including a first inner wall, a second inner wall, and at least a first concave cavity defined within at least one of the first inner wall and the second inner wall; and

    a booster chamber contained within said housing and extending from said first end to said second end, said booster chamber extending through said first gas generant cushion and in physical communication with said second end of said housing.

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