Initiator for airbag inflation gas generation via dissociation

An apparatus and method for inflating a vehicular inflatable device are provided wherein inflation gas is produced via a dissociative material wherein an initiator includes an enhanced fuel pyrotechnic formulation which, in addition to initiating dissociation of at least a portion of a quantity of g...

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Main Authors RICHARDSON; WILLIAM B, GREEN; DAVID J, RINK; KARL K
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 12.09.2000
Edition7
Subjects
CHEMICAL LIGHTERS
CHEMISTRY
DETONATING OR PRIMING DEVICES
EXPLOSIVES
FUSES
GAS-ATTACK COMPOSITIONS
GENERATION OF GAS FOR BLASTING OR PROPULSION (CHEMICAL PART)
MATCHES
MEANS FOR GENERATING SMOKE OR MIST
METALLURGY
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PYROPHORIC COMPOSITIONS
TRANSPORTING
VEHICLES IN GENERAL
VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR
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Summary:An apparatus and method for inflating a vehicular inflatable device are provided wherein inflation gas is produced via a dissociative material wherein an initiator includes an enhanced fuel pyrotechnic formulation which, in addition to initiating dissociation of at least a portion of a quantity of gas source material contained within the inflator, forming dissociation products used to inflate the device, also forms particles to interact with one or more of at least a portion of the remaining quantity of gas source material contained within the inflator and the dissociation products to form additional inflation products for inflating the inflatable device.
Bibliography:Application Number: US19980027020