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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2003
Paresh S. Khandhadia, Troy, MI (US);
Donald B. Patterson, New Hudson, MI (US);
Robert M. Krupp, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Automotive Systems Laboratory, Inc., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an inflator for an inflatable restraint system in an automobile. The inflator includes an elongate inflator body having a plurality of inflation apertures and defining a first combustion chamber wherein a first propellant charge is positioned. A partitioning assembly is nested within the inflator body , and positioned proximate the second end . The partitioning assembly defines a second combustion chamber wherein a second propellant charge is positioned. First and second initiators and are provided, and are selectively operable to ignite the propellant charges and respectively, thereby supplying an inflation gas via the first chamber to an inflatable restraint cushion.