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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Scott Jackson, Centerville, UT (US);
Robert E. Lewis, West Haven, UT (US);
Kevin Smith, Bountiful, UT (US);
Gary Smith, Layton, UT (US);
Gregory J. Lang, South Ogden, UT (US);
Scott Jackson, Centerville, UT (US);
Robert E. Lewis, West Haven, UT (US);
Kevin Smith, Bountiful, UT (US);
Gary Smith, Layton, UT (US);
Gregory J. Lang, South Ogden, UT (US);
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
An airbag inflator that includes a pyrotechnic material capable of producing a quantity of gas during deployment. The inflator also includes a filter. The filter may be an expanded metal filter that is wrapped about the pyrotechnic material. When this filter is wrapped about the pyrotechnic material, the filter forms a plurality of layers having holes that are a different size. This filter also includes a first set of barriers and a second set of barriers that are positioned exterior of the first set of barriers, the second set of barriers being offset from the first set of barriers. Gas passing through the filter will encounter the first set of barriers, be re-directed, encounter the second set of barriers, be re-directed, and then flow out of the filter.