Ammunition and explosives – Jacketed or cartridge gas generator
Patent
1998-02-26
2000-12-19
Tudor, Harold J.
Ammunition and explosives
Jacketed or cartridge gas generator
102201, 137 6819, 222 5, 280737, 280741, B60R 2126, F42C 1900
Patent
active
061614815
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus (10) for helping to protect a vehicle occupant in the event of a collision comprises an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (12) and an inflator (14, 114). The inflator (14, 114) has a source of inflation fluid (48, 148) in a chamber (46) of the inflator (14, 114) for inflating the protection device (12). The inflator (14, 114) includes a passage (68) through which inflation fluid flows from the chamber (46) into the protection device (12). The inflator (14, 114) also has a burst disk (44) which blocks the passage (68). An actuatable source (90) of laser light, when actuated, emits laser light which impinges on the burst disk (44) to cause the burst disk to rupture and release the inflation fluid from the chamber (46).
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Al-Amin Ahmad K.
Cuevas Jess A.
Shirk Bryan W.
Swann Timothy A.
Van Wynsberghe Roy D.
TRW Inc.
Tudor Harold J.
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