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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
John Mandzy, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Steven Joseph Brown, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Neale Arthur Messina, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Larry Stefan Ingram, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280741 ; 280736 ; 280737 ; 102530 ;
Abstract
To achieve programmed inflation of an airbag in a vehicle occupant restraint apparatus, movement of a piston, that separates a combustion chamber from a liquid propellant reservoir, is utilized to vary the opening size of an injection port through which liquid propellant is regeneratively pumped from the reservoir into the combustion chamber for combustion, such that the rate at which the bag inflation gas is generated during an inflation period may be controlled.