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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Autoliv Asp, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Christopher Fischer, Layton, UT (US);
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Abstract
Air bag cushion inflators can include a body including a base member coupled to a diffuser member, the diffuser member including a sidewall with exit ports and a ceiling. A combustion chamber may be positioned within the body and includes a cap with an opening formed therein. A filter element may be positioned in fluid communication with the opening in the combustion chamber cap, and located between the combustion chamber cap and the diffuser member ceiling. The filter element includes at least one barrier and a plurality of apertures positioned to cause inflation gas from the combustion chamber to travel from the opening in the combustion chamber cap to the exit port along a tortuous path including at least one debris pocket and at least one impact region. Methods of forming a filter, and disposing the filter in an inflator body. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.