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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2015
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Monika Nitschke, Asperg, DE;
Peter Wasserman, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Werner Nitschke, Asperg, DE;
Elmar Vier, Freiberg A. N., DE;
Raed Hamada, Stuttgart, DE;
Horst Beling, Heilbronn, DE;
Uwe Iben, Gerlingen, DE;
Guenther Hohl, Stuttgart, DE;
Stefan Woerz, Vaihingen/Enz, DE;
Rudolf Heinz, Renningen, DE;
Dirk Wolf, Renningen, DE;
Martin Klein, Lauffen am Neckar, DE;
Heiko Druckenmueller, Mundelsheim, DE;
Klaus Heyer, Freiberg, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
An activation device for a protection device includes: a body with a chamber that has, respectively at first and second ends, a medium inlet opening to a medium storage and a valve opening, and an outlet opening for discharging the medium into the protection device between the first and second ends; a valve for opening and closing the valve opening for passage of the medium; and a piston that (a) includes a passage along a main extension axis, from a first surface thereof adjacent to the medium inlet opening, to a second surface thereof, larger than the first surface and adjacent to the valve opening, and (b) is movable in the chamber by the medium and as a function of the control valve position between a position in which the at least one outlet opening is closed and a position in which the at least one outlet opening is opened.