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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2009
Ivan V. Mendenhall, Providence, UT (US);
Gary K. Lund, Malad City, ID (US);
Ivan V. Mendenhall, Providence, UT (US);
Gary K. Lund, Malad City, ID (US);
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
An inflator assembly having an inflator body that forms a chamber wherein a quantity of a gas generating solid reacts to form gas. A quantity of gas treatment material is included to treat the formed gas to form a treated gas. At least one assembly exit opening permits the treated gas to exit the inflator assembly. The required gas generating solid has a flame temperature of no more than 1670 K with the inflator assembly having significant weight and volume reductions as compared to an otherwise identical performing inflator assembly that utilizes gas generating composition having higher flame temperatures.