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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1998
Filed:
May. 28, 1996
Homer W Fogle, Jr, Mesa, AZ (US);
Daniel R Hake, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An inflatable vehicle occupant protection apparatus (10) includes combustible fluid (18) and a pair of electrodes (102,104). The electrodes (102,104) have a corresponding pair of surface portions (126,128) which are spaced from each other across an electrode gap (130). An ohmic heating element (120) bridges the gap (130) in an ignitable heat transferring relationship with the combustible fluid (18). The heating element (120) has a pair of opposite end portions (132,134) which are mounted on, and fixed to, the surface portions (126,128) of the electrodes (102,104). The surface portions (126,128) of the electrodes (102,104) have arcuate contours facing oppositely across the gap (130).