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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Donald B. Patterson, Rochester, MI (US);
Bruce A. Stevens, Oakland, MI (US);
Inventors:
Donald B. Patterson, Rochester, MI (US);
Bruce A. Stevens, Oakland, MI (US);
Assignee:
TK Holdings, Inc., Armada, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06D 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inflatorof the present invention contains: a housing, a cold gas chamberwithin the housingfor storage of a stored gas supply, a pyrotechnic chamberwithin the housing, a pyrotechnic chargewithin the pyrotechnic chamber, a walladjoining the cold gas and the pyrotechnic chambers, a first orificedefined in the wallfor passage of gas between the chambers, and a perforated flexible membercontained within the cold gas chamber, wherein the flexible memberis fixed about the orificefor modulation or controlled variation of gas flow through the orifice