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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2012
Christian Jung, Muhldorf, DE;
Thomas Kapfelsperger, Muhldorf, DE;
Michael Lemm, Burghausen, DE;
TRW Airbag Systems GmbH, Aschau am Inn, DE;
Abstract
An inflator (), especially for a vehicle occupant restraint system, comprising a combustion chamber () in which solid propellant () adapted to be burnt off while forming a gas is accommodated, a storage chamber () containing a pressure gas (), an igniter () and a component () arranged between the combustion chamber () and the storage chamber (). There is at least one flow communication between the storage chamber () and the combustion chamber (). The component () includes an additional weakened zone () adapted to be destroyed upon activation of the inflator () so as to permit flow of gas from the combustion chamber () into the storage chamber ().