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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1996
David D Hansen, Clearfield, UT (US);
Mark B Woodbury, North Salt Lake, UT (US);
Virginia E Chandler, Ogden, UT (US);
David B Monk, Kaysville, UT (US);
Harry W Miller, II, Ogden, UT (US);
Gerold W Pratt, Bountiful, UT (US);
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
A resistant initiator for an automobile passenger restraint system which includes a shell casing having an upper chamber and a lower chamber. Contact pins connect the initiator to a mating electrical connector of a vehicle. A metal oxide varistor disposed in the shell casing provides electrostatic discharge and EMI/RFI rotection for the initiator. A glass to metal seal header is formed in the shell casing and includes an integrated circuit for igniting the pyrotechnic material disposed in a charge holder attached to the shell casing.