Morton International, Inc.

Glen S Beus

Karl K Rink

David J Green

Walter A Moore

Kelly B Johnson

David B Monk

An improvement in an air bag system for a motor vehicle relating to a multiple level fluid fueled air bag inflator and method of operation thereof are provided. Such a multiple level inflator includes a stored gas chamber, a combustion chamber wherein, upon actuation, a fluid fuel and an oxidant are burned, an opener to open the stored gas chamber and an initiator device to initiate the burning of the fluid fuel and oxidant in the combustion chamber. Various performance levels can be obtained through the proper selected actuation and sequencing of actuation of the opener and the initiator device.

Multiple level fluid fueled airbag inflator

An initiator device for an air bag inflator contains fluid fuel which, upon reaction, produces gas used in the inflation of an inflatable safety device for an occupant of a motor vehicle.

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Ogden, UT, United States of America

Glen S Beus