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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 )...
7614875 Gas generator  
A gas generator includes, a housing having a gas discharge port; at least one combustion chamber accommodating a gas generating agent therein; a cylindrical filter disposed between the gas...
7614645 Airbag module  
An airbag module comprises a gas generator provided with an electrical connection and an airbag provided with a gas generator opening. The gas generator opening is used to introduce the gas from...
7607688 Rupturable member  
A rupturable member in which the rupturing manner thereof can be controlled, and a gas generator using the rupturable member are provided. A fragile portion that ruptures preferentially and...
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...
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...
7588265 Pressurized gas release mechanism  
A gas generating system including a mechanism ( 10 ) for releasing a pressurized fluid from a storage container ( 12 ). The mechanism ( 10 ) includes an enclosure ( 39 ) for receiving a gas from a...
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...
7581753 Retaining clamp  
The invention relates to a retaining clamp ( 2 ) for securing objects, in particular gas storage cylinders ( 1 ) for airbags, having a clamping ring ( 3 ) which encircles the object and engages...
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...
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...
7563335 Method of forming a housing of a vehicle occupant protection apparatus  
A method of forming a dual chamber seamless tube ( 64 ) includes providing a slug of steel ( 56 ) and cold working a first end ( 70 ) of the slug ( 56 ) to form a first chamber ( 114 ) and cold...
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...
7559564 Outwardly deploying airbag system  
An outwardly deploying airbag system can maintain the internal pressure of an airbag for a required period without vainly increasing the maximum internal pressure of the airbag during inflation....
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...
7540241 Gas generator  
A gas generator includes a generator housing ( 12 ), an igniter device mounting opening ( 18 ) which has an edge ( 22 ), an igniter device and a booster chamber ( 24 ) having a peripheral wall ( 26...
7537240 Gas generating system  
A gas generating system ( 10 ) is provided including a housing ( 12 ) with a longitudinal axis (A), and a first baffle tube ( 22 a ) positioned within the housing ( 12 ) and having a pair of...
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...
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...
7527291 Airbag inflation with sliding baffle  
A new type of airbag inflator is described. The airbag inflator includes a chamber that houses a quantity of inflation gas. The inflation gas is capable of filling and deploying an airbag. The...
7520531 Inflator device pressure relief  
An inflator device for an inflatable cushion restraint system. The inflator device includes a housing at least in part defining a chamber containing a stored gas. The housing includes a first...
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...
7516983 Gas generator  
A gas generator, including a housing made of metal and including an initiator shell and a closure shell; at least one combustion chamber formed in the housing and configured to be packed with a gas...
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...
7510211 Snap-locking initiator assemblies for inflator devices  
An initiator assembly for an inflator device. The initiator assembly includes an initiator. The initiator has an initiator cup at least in part defining a storage chamber containing at least one...
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 )...
7487996 Space-saving, high-output, multi-stage gas generator  
The present invention provides a small, high-output gas generator for an air bag. A filter 30 is disposed between a first gas generator 11 and a second gas generator 21 . Gas discharged from...
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...
7467588 Gas generator for air bag  
A gas generator for an air bag, includes: a housing having a gas discharging hole; an ignition unit activated upon an impact, the ignition unit including at least one igniter and at least one...
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...
7461860 Apparatus and method for providing combustible gas inflator  
A combustible gas inflator and a method for filling and sealing the inflator are provided. The inflator includes an enclosure configured to receive and store the combustible gas under pressure. The...
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...
7438316 Inflator combustion control mechanism  
A gas generator ( 10 ) is provided including a housing ( 12 ). A gas generating composition ( 16 ) produces expanded gases upon activation of the inflator ( 10 ), thereby increasing the internal...
7431335 Pyrotechnic stored gas inflator  
An inflator for use in an inflatable vehicle occupant protection system. The inflator includes a pressure vessel having an opening formed therein. A quantity of relatively unreactive pressurized...
7431337 Inflator for an air bag  
An inflator for an air bag which can be assembled easily is provided. An igniter 30 is fixed inside a closure 20 using a resin 28 by charging molten resin through a resin charging hole 24 ...
7429059 Airbag apparatus and motorcycle provided with airbag apparatus  
An technique is provided for suppressing external force received by a connector from a housing body side, in an airbag apparatus for use in a motorcycle, which has a construction housing an...
7413220 Vehicle occupant protection system and inflator  
An inflator having at least first and second gas outputs and configured to generate gas. The inflator releases the gas through the first gas output with a fist gas flow rats and to release the gas...
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...
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 ...
7404574 Gas generator for airbag  
A gas generator, relating to a gas generator for a side air bag or the like, is provided. The gas generator has an inner cylindrical member stored in a housing, wherein the inner cylindrical member...
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...
7401808 Inflator having an improved closure cap  
An inflator has a sealed vessel for containing compressed gas. The inflator has an axis. The vessel has a gas outlet passageway. The inflator has an elongated sealing cap closure with an internal...
7398996 Gas producer  
A gas generator is provided with a metal housing constituted by an initiator shell and a closure shell, a combustion chamber which is formed inside the housing and into which gas generants...
7393008 Pressure wave gas generator  
A gas generator comprising a pressure vessel containing a gas under a first predetermined pressure. An initiator housing closes one end of the pressure vessel and has an opening at the inner end...
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...
7374204 Inflator second stage combustion control  
A new type of airbag inflator that may be used in an airbag system is disclosed. The inflator will generally include a housing and two initiators. Accordingly, the inflator is a “dual-stage”...