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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2002
Todd D. Fowler, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Brian C. Ford, Mt. Clemens, MI (US);
Lawrence R. Langbeen, Attica, MI (US);
Breed Automotive Technology, Inc., Lakeland, FL (US);
Abstract
An air bag system comprising: a housing/inflator assembly and an air bag assembly operatively linked to the housing/inflator assembly to receive inflation gas to inflate an air bag of the air bag assembly, the housing/inflator assembly comprising: a plurality of inflators, each inflator including at least one exit port near a first end thereof, each inflator having a respective opposite second end, the housing/inflator assembly further including: a housing for mounting the inflators relative to one another with the at least one exit port of one of the inflator's positioned adjacent the second end of a second of the inflator's and with the second end of the first inflator adjacent the exit port of the second inflator.