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Key Safety Systems, Inc.

Sergio Rea

Matthias Volkmann

Martin Pieruch

Kathleen Meeker

William F Mcleod Ii

Malcolm Warlick

Gas generator including means to provide a pressurized gas, a gas exit portion and a throttle member located in said gas exit portion, having one or more openings for the passage of said gas and being deformable by a gas flowing through said throttle when the pressure of said gas is above a predetermined pressure, to prevent or reduce gas flow.

Gas generator with throttle member

The present invention inflator () has an inflator housing (), a diffuser (), a frangible closure () and an igniter assembly (). The igniter assembly () has an igniter housing (), a squib () electrically actuated and fitted in an end of the igniter housing () and a retractable piston () affixed to the igniter housing (). Upon actuation of the squib (), the retractable piston () propels forward breaking the frangible closure () releasing gases pushing the piston () retractably back into or over the igniter housing () as the pressurized gas releases out of the diffuser ().

Igniter assembly with retractable piston

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Colleferro, Italy

Sergio Rea