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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1996
Thomas R Mooney, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
George W Trahan, Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Gaybert B Little, Jr, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Robert F Flagg, Upland, CA (US);
Hi Shear Technology Corporation, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
This inflator of this invention includes a casing with a chamber containing an oxidizer gas. An exit port is located at one end of the casing which is closed by a burst disk. An exit tube extends into the chamber from the exit port to provide an orderly path for generated gases to leave the chamber. A fuel cell holding a liquid fuel is located at another end of the casing. A piston is driven in the fuel cell by gases from an igniter to drive the liquid fuel into the chamber. An igniter channel interconnects a region containing hot gases from the igniter to a region in the chamber where the liquid fuel and the oxidizer gas are mixed together. An injector tube conveys the fuel from a discharge end of the liquid fuel cell to a combustion region adjacent the igniter channel.