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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2005
Douglas P. Campbell, Metamora, MI (US);
Ahmad K. Al-amin, Higley, AZ (US);
Timothy A. Swann, Mesa, AZ (US);
Roy D. Van Wynsberghe, Mesa, AZ (US);
Jess A. Cuevas, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Dean M. Esterberg, Tempe, AZ (US);
Bryan W. Shirk, Mesa, AZ (US);
Douglas P. Campbell, Metamora, MI (US);
Ahmad K. Al-Amin, Higley, AZ (US);
Timothy A. Swann, Mesa, AZ (US);
Roy D. Van Wynsberghe, Mesa, AZ (US);
Jess A. Cuevas, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Dean M. Esterberg, Tempe, AZ (US);
Bryan W. Shirk, Mesa, AZ (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An inflator () for providing inflation fluid ( ) to inflate an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device () includes a container () storing the inflation fluid under pressure. The container () has an outlet passage () through which the inflation fluid flows from the container. A rupturable closure member () fixed to the container () blocks flow of inflation fluid through the passage (). A support () for the rupturable closure member () defines a chamber () adjacent the rupturable closure member (). The rupturable closure member () has a first portion () deformed into the chamber () by the pressure of the inflation fluid and a second ring-shaped portion () encircling the first portion (). An initiator () ruptures the closure member () when actuated by shearing the first portion () from the second portion ().