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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
May. 09, 1994
Richard Frantom, Richmond, MI (US);
Robert Kremer, Fraser, MI (US);
Klaus Ocker, Fraser, MI (US);
Robert Bishop, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
AlliedSignal Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An inflator (20) comprising: a pressure vessel (22) made of a thin walled steel tubing (24), sealed at one end by an end plate or cap (30). The other end of the pressure vessel sealed by a propellant housing (50). A plurality of axial bores (56a-d) exiting through an adjacent part (58) of the housing (50) and a face of the adjacent part of the housing includes a second counter bore (70) and a plurality of radial bores (72a-d) radially extend therefrom. A rupture disk assembly (100) having a central portion (102) forms a rupture disk extending into the second counter bore (70) and a radially extending outer portion (104) fitted generally flat against the face (60) .