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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ron J Butt, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Assignee:
OEA, Inc., Aurora, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280737 ; 280741 ; 137 6813 ;
Abstract
A hybrid inflator including a torus-shaped stored gas housings and a central housing assembly extending through a central portion thereof. An activation assembly is disposed at one end of the central housing assembly. A diffuser assembly is located at its opposite end. The central housing assembly has a gas generator containing a propellant. The stored gas housing contains a pressurized medium that is used with the ignited propellant to provide gases to an inflatable. When the propellant is ignited, the force of the generated gas opens a closure disk adjacent to the diffuser assembly.