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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jon J. Freesmeier, Higley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/126 ; B60R 2/116 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 2/126 ; B60R 2/116 ;
Abstract
An apparatus ( ) helps to protect an occupant of a vehicle ( ). The apparatus ( ) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device ( ) that is inflatable into a position between a vehicle part ( ) and a vehicle occupant. The apparatus ( ) also includes an inflation fluid source ( ) that provides inflation fluid for inflating the inflatable vehicle occupant protection device ( ). The inflation fluid source ( ) contains a stored inflation fluid ( ) consisting essentially of 65-95% helium gas and 5-35% nitrogen gas stored under pressure.