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Air bag inflator apparatus

US6047986A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 1997
Grant dateApr 11, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R21/261
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An air bag inflator apparatus incorporating a lower canister and an upper canister forming a canister housing. The canister housing has a first wall, a second wall, a third wall, a fourth wall and a fifth wall. The first, second, third and fourth walls define a first space which accommodates an air bag, and the first, second, third, fourth and fifth walls define a second space which accommodates an inflator. A first flow control wall is continuously formed on the surface of the first wall, and a second flow control wall is continuously formed on the surface of the second wall. The first and second flow control walls control a flow of a gas from the inflator.

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