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7631888 Gas generator and a gas bag module  
A gas generator has a cylindrical gas generator housing ( 22 ) and a connecting piece ( 14 ) which is welded to the gas generator housing ( 22 ). The connecting piece ( 14 ) has extensions ( 28 )...
7618059 Tether venting system for airbag module  
A system and method for venting an airbag is provided. The system includes a set of vent doors, thereby reducing the overall package spaced that would otherwise be required to allow the doors to...
7611164 Airbag apparatus  
An airbag apparatus comprising an airbag that expands between a vehicle occupant and a side wall of a vehicle body. The airbag is divided into a plurality of expanding chambers that are connected...
7600781 Inflator  
An inflator includes: a pressurized gas filled with a pressurized gas and having a first end and a second end; a gas generator being connected to the first end, and including therein an ignition...
7600778 Airbag module  
An airbag module comprising a planar airbag and an elongate gas generator including discharge ports at least partially extending into the airbag. The airbag includes two side walls connected...
7600780 Passenger protective device and method  
To provide a passenger protective device and method that can achieve a stable protective performance even when deploying the airbag from the seat belt, thus allowing for appropriate restraint of...
7600783 Gas generator  
A gas generator that can prevent erroneous operation in which the combustion of a gas generating agent inside one combustion chamber is caused by the combustion of a gas generating agent in the...
7597353 Inflator device having an annular inflation gas discharge opening  
An inflator device for inflating an inflatable cushion of an inflatable cushion restraint system. The inflator device includes a reaction housing defining a reaction chamber containing a supply of...
7597351 Side airbag apparatus, motor vehicle seat, and gas distributor of inflator  
A side airbag apparatus includes a side airbag having a plurality of partitioned chambers therein to be inflated and deployed in a space between a side wall portion of a body of a motor vehicle and...
7597348 Automotive airbag device  
An airbag is formed from fabric layers joined at a seam, and gas generator inflates the airbag by means of gas expelled from the gas generator's insertion end which has been inserted into the...
7597356 Airbag cushions with gas deflectors and optional venting for out-of-position conditions  
An airbag cushion is disclosed for use in automotive protective systems. The airbag cushion includes at least one gas deflector which directs gas to a closeable vent to allow gas to be vented out...
7591481 Vehicle occupant protection system  
A vehicle occupant protection system includes a plurality of inflatable devices, at least one fluid source for supplying a pressurized fluid for the vehicle occupant protection system, and at least...
7591483 Gas generator for restraining device for vehicle  
The present invention provides a gas generator for a restraining device for a vehicle, including: an igniter attached via an igniter collar to an opening in a housing bottom portion; the igniter...
7584993 Airbag device  
In an airbag ( 2 ), a length extending from a sewn portion ( 10 ) to a right periphery of a presser plate ( 13 ) is set such that a length (L 1 ) is shorter than a length (L 2 ) wherein the length...
7584992 Occupant protection device  
An occupant protection device for protecting a vehicle occupant in the event of a vehicle accident, with a gas generator and an airbag which is connected to the gas generator and is inflated by the...
7581750 Airbag device for rollover countermeasure of vehicle  
A rear window curtain airbag device comprises an airbag placed at the portion near the upper edge of the rear window, an inflator to inject gas for the airbag, and a connecting pipe to supply the...
7578522 Gas generator  
The present invention provides a gas generator including a housing formed by a closure shell and a diffuser shell having a gas discharge port, a combustion chamber provided inside the...
7568729 Locking mechanism for a cinch tube of an airbag cushion  
An airbag cushion is disclosed for use in automotive protective systems. The airbag cushion includes a tube that may be restricted to prevent gas venting. A cord having a plurality of stoppers is...
7568728 Inflator device having modular construction and radial inflation gas flow  
A modular inflator device for inflating an inflatable cushion of an inflatable cushion restraint system. The inflator device has an elongated cylindrical configuration and includes a supply of gas...
7566416 Steel pipe for an airbag inflator and a process for its manufacture  
A steel pipe for an airbag inflator having a high strength of at least 900 MPa and preferably at least 1000 MPa in tensile strength along with a high toughness and exhibiting good resistance to...
7559574 Gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint device  
A gas bag module ( 10 ) for a vehicle occupant restraint device includes a gas generator ( 14 ) for filling a gas bag ( 16 ), and a gas conduit device arranged inside the module. The gas conduit...
7556289 Gas generator for air bag  
A gas generator for an air bag includes; a housing having a gas discharge port, a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber, provided inside the housing and charged with a gas...
7557052 Hose for introduction and distribution of inflator gas  
A woven fabric-made hose having at least one distribution hole for introduction and distribution of inflator gas on actuation of an air bag, which hose is installed in a side air bag module,...
7537241 Inflator with an auto-ignition cradle  
A gas generating system includes an inflator that contains an auto-ignition cradle containing an auto-ignition composition. The cradle operatively and thermodynamically communicates with the...
7539804 Communication apparatus  
An airbag ECU includes a communication bus connection circuit for connecting communication buses to communication circuits. A central control circuit connects some of the communication buses to the...
7533900 Hybrid inflator with extended filling capability  
A “hybrid” inflator having an extended filling capacity is disclosed. This inflator is designed to deploy an inflatable curtain airbag. The inflator will have an inner chamber that is connected...
7527289 Gas generator for an air bag  
A gas generator for an airbag allows maintaining combustibility as originally designed. An ignition energy generated by an activation of a first igniter 21 flows via a first communication hole ...
7527290 Pressurized gas release mechanism  
A mechanism ( 10 ) for releasably confining pressurized fluid in a container ( 18 ). The mechanism includes a rupturable membrane ( 22 ) configured to obstruct flow of the pressurized fluid from...
7520530 Gas generator for air bag  
The present invention provides a gas generator for an air bag comprising: a housing having a gas discharge port; a plurality of combustion chambers charged with a gas generating agent, provided in...
7516701 Gas generator  
A gas generator, including an igniter, a gas generating agent ignited by the igniter and generating gas by burning, and a holder and an AC cup forming therein a gas generating agent storage chamber...
7513527 Airbag module  
An airbag module for a motor vehicle having an airbag which can be inflated with gas through an inflation opening in order to protect an occupant, and having a gas generator with which the gas for...
7510210 Air bag module  
The present invention provides an air bag module comprising; a module case accommodating a gas generator and an airbag, the gas generator having a housing, which is a assembly of a first...
7506891 Belt and side impact inflator  
The present invention provides an airbelt inflator ( 10 ) designed primarily for supplying and directing gas from the combustion of gas generant materials into a vehicle airbelt. Inflator ( 10 )...
7487995 Gas generator for air bag  
A gas generator for an air bag includes a housing having a gas discharge port, a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber, each of the combustion chambers being provided with a gas...
7478831 Airbag module for a motor vehicle  
An airbag module for a motor vehicle includes an airbag, an inflow orifice, a continuously running marginal region, a gas generator, a generator carrier having a base and emerging from an output...
7469926 Active venting inflator device  
An inflator device for inflating an inflatable cushion of an inflatable cushion restraint system. The inflator device includes a supply of gas generant material disposed within a sealed chamber,...
7464961 Variable output inflator  
The variable output inflator includes an injection piston assembly containing a sealed container of liquid propellant. The movement of the injection piston of the assembly is controlled by an...
7438315 Inflator and method of assembly  
A gas generating system ( 10 ) includes a base ( 14 ) and a cap ( 16 ), one of the base ( 14 ) and the cap ( 16 ) having at least one groove ( 34 ) formed therealong to enable fluid communication...
7435280 Wire mesh filter with improved hoop strength  
A compressed wire mesh filter for an airbag assembly has one or more wires wrapped around the outer perimeter of the filter prior to final compression of the mesh to increase the hoop strength of...
7434600 Pressurized actuator system for inflatable structures  
A pressurized actuator system for simultaneously deploying a plurality of inflatable floatation devices or other structures for a rotorcraft or other mobile or stationary devices includes a...
7431334 Vehicle occupant restraint device  
A vehicle occupant restraint device having a gas bag module includes a gas generator for inflating a gas bag, at least one discharge opening that is formed in a rigid component of the gas bag...
7427082 Gas generator  
A gas generator for use in a safety arrangement for vehicles comprises a combustion chamber and a gas-generating propellant contained in the combustion chamber, the propellant having an...
7419184 Airbag tether release mechanism  
Disclosed are embodiments of an airbag tether release mechanism for use with airbag inflation systems. In one embodiment, the mechanism includes an initiator positioned within a housing. The...
7413221 Airbag apparatus with accumulator  
An airbag apparatus includes an airbag, an inflator, and an accumulator. The airbag is configured to be stored in a vehicle before inflation. The inflator is configured to provide gas for inflating...
7413216 Gas generator for an air bag  
A dual-type gas generator for inflating air bags is provided in which a first igniter structure having a first combustion chamber accommodating a first gas generating material and a second igniter...
7413218 Airbag arrangement  
An air-bag is provided with a controllable vent, for example a tube, which is normally maintained in a closed condition by being retained by a clamp. The clamp is opened in response to a signal...
7407184 Micro gas generator including an initiator blast shield  
A micro gas generator 10 is provided primarily for supplying and directing gas from the combustion of pyrotechnic materials into a seatbelt pretensioner 26 , for example. A perforated housing ...
7404573 Gas generator  
A gas generator includes a cylindrical housing having an initiator shell provided with a plurality of igniter devices and a closure shell; a combustion chamber formed in the housing and loaded with...
7401810 Ultrasonic welded initiator and connector socket  
The present invention provides an airbag inflator assembled, in part, using ultrasonic welding. The inflator includes a housing adapted to receive an initiator assembly and an adaptor socket to...
7390019 Inflator for airbag  
An air bag inflator has a cylindrical housing defining an internal space therein and having a convex portion protruding towards the internal space, and a cup member provided inside the cylindrical...