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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kim V Dahl, Clinton, UT (US);
Randall J Clark, Pleasant View, UT (US);
Assignee:
Morton International, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280741 ; 280737 ;
Abstract
A hybrid inflator, suitable for use on the driver side. The inflator includes a disk-shaped housing. Within the housing there is a first chamber for housing a stored gas charge. The housing also includes second chamber housing an initiator and a heating charge. The first chamber containing the stored gas includes a filter and various obstacles to force the hot gas from the second chamber to fully mix with the cool stored gas.