T K Holdings, Inc.

Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc.

Scott A Mason

David M McCormick

Richard W Morgan

Jeffrey Anderson

Donald B Patterson

A gas generating system is provided including a first housing formed from a polymeric material, and a pyrotechnic gas generant material contained in the first housing. The first housing forms a combustion chamber for the gas generant. An airbag system and a vehicle occupant protection system, each incorporating a gas generating system as described herein, are also disclosed.

Gas generating system

A baffle system () for use in a gas generating system (). The baffle system () includes a plurality of adjacent plates (), each plate of the plurality of adjacent plates having at least one through orifice formed therein. Each orifice in any given plate of the plurality of adjacent plates () is in fluid communication with at least one orifice in each plate adjacent the given plate so as to provide at least one gas flow path extending through the plurality of adjacent plates. A gas generating system () incorporating the baffle system (), and a vehicle occupant protection system () incorporating the gas generating system (), are also described.

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St. Clair, MI, United States of America

Scott A Mason