Trw Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.

Acs Industries, Inc.

Zf Passive Safety Systems US Inc.

Patrick R Adamczyk

Steven D Huntsman

Anthony C Uribe

Blake A Hill

Manesh Parshotam

A filter for an inflator includes a rolled sheet centered on an axis or three dimensionally printed as a whole and including a plurality of openings. A deflector is associated with each opening for directing inflation fluid in a non-radial direction relative to the axis.

Inflator filter

An inflator () for inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device includes a primary stage () actuatable to produce a primary flow of inflation fluid, a secondary stage () actuatable to produce a secondary flow of inflation fluid, and a filter chamber () into which the primary and secondary flows of inflation fluid are directed. The inflator () also includes a secondary filter assembly () that permits the secondary flow of inflation fluid to flow into the filter chamber () and blocks particulates from flowing from the filter chamber into the secondary stage ().

Inflator with directional flow separation disc

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Gilbert, AZ, United States of America

Patrick R Adamczyk