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Inflator having a mechanically coupled two-piece housing

US9010802B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Autoliv ASP, Inc. · US

Inventors

Brent Parks · Englewood, US
Matthew A. Cox · Bountiful, US
Bradley W. Smith · Ogden, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 28, 2013
Grant date	Apr 21, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 28, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R2021/2642
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An inflator including an initiator and a bulkhead molded around the initiator. The inflator includes a housing formed of two overlapping housing portions mechanically coupled together around a portion of the bulkhead. One of the housing portions includes cut tabs that are crimped into cut receivers of the other housing portion.

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