Ammunition and explosives – Jacketed or cartridge gas generator
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-16
2007-01-16
Poon, Peter M. (Department: 3643)
Ammunition and explosives
Jacketed or cartridge gas generator
C280S741000, C280S742000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10224435
ABSTRACT:
An inflator includes a distributed charge to be distributed within an inflatable component of an inflatable system and a housing. The housing includes a combustion chamber and a gas storage chamber. The combustion chamber includes an initiator and a gas propellant. The gas storage chamber includes an inert gas at a high pressure. The housing also includes a gas nozzle. The distributed charge is connected to the housing through the gas nozzle. The distributed charge may be mechanically joined to the housing by a ferrule. Upon receiving an electrical signal from a crash sensor or other activator, the initiator ignites the gas propellant in the combustion chamber. The hot gas and hot particles from the burning gas propellant and the initiator flow into the gas storage chamber and heat the compressed inert gas in the gas storage chamber. The heated, compressed gas in the gas storage chamber flows through the gas nozzle and ignites the distributed charge. Combustion of the distributed charge generates a high volume of gas and inflates an inflatable component of an inflatable system.
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Supplementary Search Report dated Apr. 6, 2006 in related EP 03 72 8935.
Fitzgerald Kevin
Scaven Gregory J.
Shilliday David
Kilpatrick & Stockton LLP
Parsley David J.
Poon Peter M.
Russell Dean W.
Zodiac Automotive US Inc.
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