Inflator for an air-bag
US7695009B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 9, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF17C2270/0181
- WIPO fieldTransport
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An inflator for an air-bag comprises a single gas bottle (1) containing the pressurised gas. The pressurised gas is a mixture including at least one oxidisable gas and at least one oxidising gas. The inflator incorporates a mechanism (20) to open the gas bottle to enable gas to flow from the gas bottle to the interior of an air-bag (13). There is an initiating device (30) within the air-bag in the form of a spark generator which generates a spark across electrodes (31) to ignite the mixture of gas from the gas bottle.
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