Inflator

Details Inflator Inflator

2007-08-07

2007-08-07

Dickson, Paul N. (Department: 3616)

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

C280S737000, C280S741000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10332067

ABSTRACT:
An inflator has an inflator housing accommodating a pressurized medium, a diffuser portion attached to an end portion of the inflator housing and provided with a gas discharging port for discharging the pressurized medium flowing out of the opening at the time of actuation of the inflator, the gas discharging port being constantly open, such that pressure inside the diffuser portion is under an atmospheric pressure, a rupturable plate that seals a flow-path through which the pressurized medium flows when the inflator is actuated, a rupturing unit for rupturing the rupturable plate to allow the pressurized medium to flow through the flow-path, and a filter provided directly over and covering the discharging port by making contact with a surface of the diffuser portion at a portion defining the gas discharging port, such that the pressurized medium is discharged from the gas discharging port through the filter.

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Adams, B. E. and Labib, M. E., “Fundamentals of a Stored Liquefied Gas Inflator,” 1999 SAE International Congress and Exposition, Detroit, MI, Mar. 1-4, 1999, pp. 127-135.

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