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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2008
Christian Jung, Muehldorf, DE;
Thomas Kapfelsperger, Muehldorf, DE;
Christian Jung, Muehldorf, DE;
Thomas Kapfelsperger, Muehldorf, DE;
TRW Airbag Systems GmbH, Aschau am Inn, DE;
Abstract
An inflator has an elongate outer housing () which has at least one discharge opening () and which contains a compressed gas container () and an igniting unit () provided at a first axial end () of the compressed gas container (). The igniting of said igniting unit generates a shock wave which, in a shock wave direction (S), enters the compressed gas container () at the first axial end thereof and which passes at least through some sections of the compressed gas container (). The discharge opening () is arranged away from the first axial end of the compressed gas container () and is closed by a bursting membrane () which can be destroyed by the shock wave, wherein the bursting membrane () is not oriented perpendicularly to the shock wave direction (S). The compressed gas container () has a deflecting device () which deflects the shock wave running through the compressed gas container () from the shock wave direction (S) in the direction of the bursting membrane ().