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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2012
Applicant:
Autoliv Asp, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Inventors:
Dario G. Brisighella, Jr., North Logan, UT (US);
Scott C. Gordon, Hyde Park, UT (US);
Vincent Colarossi, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60L 1/00 (2006.01); C06D 5/00 (2006.01); F42B 3/12 (2006.01); B60R 21/017 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C06D 5/00 (2013.01); F42B 3/121 (2013.01); B60R 21/017 (2013.01);
Abstract
A duplex firing initiator for an airbag inflator includes both a primary initiator and a secondary initiator for electrical connection to a Restraint Control Module. In the duplex firing initiator, current is conducted in a forward polarity through the primary initiator to actuate the primary initiator and current is conducted in a reverse polarity through the secondary initiator to actuate at least the secondary initiator.