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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2007
Haruhiko Yamashita, Tatsuno, JP;
Shinichiro Ukita, Tatsuno, JP;
Atsushi Hatomoto, Tatsuno, JP;
Akihisa Ogawa, Tatsuno, JP;
Haruhiko Yamashita, Tatsuno, JP;
Shinichiro Ukita, Tatsuno, JP;
Atsushi Hatomoto, Tatsuno, JP;
Akihisa Ogawa, Tatsuno, JP;
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An inflator includes: a pressurized gas filled with a pressurized gas and having a first end and a second end; a gas generator being connected to the first end, and including therein an ignition device and a molded article of a gas generating; a diffuser portion connected to the second end, and being provided with a gas discharge port; a communication path provided between the pressurized gas chamber and the gas generator and closed by a rupturable plate; a cap provided to cover the rupturable plate from the pressurized gas chamber side and having a plurality of gas holes formed at a circumference thereof, the minimum diameter (d min) of the gas hole being equal to or smaller than the larger one of the minimum diameter (D min) and the length (L) of the molded article of the gas generating composition.