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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter O'Driscoll, Los Altos, CA (US);
Donald Backlund, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280740 ; 280742 ;
Abstract
A gas generator for a passive airbag restraint has a housing including a combustion chamber and a gas passage end, the chamber containing a solid gas generating fuel. A diffuser plate having a plurality of orifices is located in the gas passage to direct a gas generated by the combustion of the solid fuel to an airbag. The diffuser plate is shaped preferably by bending or folding, to have a greater surface area than the cross-sectional area of the gas passage. The greater surface area allows for an increased number of orifices to maximize port area to increase gas flow therethrough.