Inflator with flow diverter and heat sink

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1996-12-20

1998-12-22

Eldred, J. Woodrow

Land vehicles

Wheeled

Attachment

280741, 280742, B60R 2126

Patent

active

058510281

ABSTRACT:
An inflator (20) having a body (22) including a first combustion chamber (110) and a second combustion chamber (112) and a plurality of exit orifices (90); a quantity of first propellant (150) within the first combustion chamber and a quantity of second propellant (180) within the second combustion chamber (112), the second propellant producing inflation gas as it combusts; a separator (100) from the first combustion chamber into the second combustion chamber; the body (22) proximate the second combustion chamber (112) including a plurality of control orifices (90); a flow means (70) for causing inflation gas exiting the control orifices to flow through an arcuate path between the control orifices and the exit orifices (30); a heat sink (230) and (234) for changing the physical state of at least one gaseous component of the inflation gas to a liquid and a solid prior to this component exiting the exit orifices.

REFERENCES:
patent: 5503806 (1996-04-01), Fulmer et al.
patent: 5525306 (1996-06-01), Schmucker et al.
patent: 5551725 (1996-09-01), Ludwig
patent: 5625164 (1997-04-01), McFarland et al.
patent: 5634661 (1997-06-01), Dahl et al.
patent: 5645296 (1997-07-01), Okada et al.

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