Gas generating apparatus for inflating air bag
US4833996A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 29, 1988 |
| Grant date | May 30, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 29, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB60R21/30
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gas generating apparatus for inflating an air bag is provided which comprises a housing body with an air intake opening of large diameter formed at the center of the housing body. Along an axis, there is a mixing chamber disposed at the center of the housing body and connected to the air intake opening with the axis and also connected so as to open into the air bag. A combustion chamber is formed inside the housing body on the inner side of the outer periphery thereof and generates a high-pressure gas upon combustion. There is a multiplicity of nozzles around the circumference of a junction portion between the air intake opening and the chamber which ejects the high pressure gas from the chamber toward an opening of the mixing chamber at high speed.
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