Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Patent
1993-05-25
1994-10-18
Focarino, Margaret A.
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
280736, 280741, 73720, B60R 2126
Patent
active
053561767
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus (10) for use in inflating a vehicle occupant restraint (12) includes a pressure vessel (14) and a leakage detecting assembly (68). The pressure vessel (14) stores gas, and has a closure wall (40) which ruptures to release the gas from the pressure vessel (14) to inflate the vehicle occupant restraint (12). The closure wall (40) is movable under the influence of a change in the gas pressure within the pressure vessel (14). The leakage detecting assembly (68) senses movement of the closure wall (40) which occurs under the influence of a change in the gas pressure that is caused by leakage from the pressure vessel (14). The leakage detecting assembly (68) generates an electrical signal in response to such movement of the closure wall (40). The leakage detecting assembly (68) does not generate the electrical signal in response to movement of the closure wall (40) which occurs under the influence of a change in the gas pressure that is caused by a change in the ambient temperature of the pressure vessel (14).
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Ellis Christopher P.
Focarino Margaret A.
TRW Technar Inc.
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