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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernst M Faigle, Dryden, MI (US);
Tracy S Sparks, Lapeer, MI (US);
Richard J Thompson, Imlay City, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280737 ; 137 6813 ; 137 6819 ; 222-3 ;
Abstract
An apparatus (14) for inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant device (12) includes a container (20) defining a chamber (22) containing a source of inflation fluid. The container (20) includes an opening (26) through which the inflation fluid flows outward from the chamber (22). A rupturable disk (36) closes the opening (26) in the chamber (22) and engages a shoulder (30) on the container (20). An annular eloping ring (44) engages the rupturable disk (36). A manifold (54) clamps the clamping ring (44) and the rupturable disk (36) to the shoulder (30) of the container (20).