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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2015
Trw Airbag Systems Gmbh, Aschau am Innl, DE;
Sebastian Bierwirth, Rechtmehring, DE;
Achim Hofmann, Tussling, DE;
Hans-Peter Neumayer, Ampfling, DE;
Dieter Spitzenberger, Krailburg, DE;
Hannes Nuiding, Kaisersbach, DE;
Thomas Schober, Haag, DE;
Josef Bommer, Soyen, DE;
Tobias Breddermann, Muhldorf am inn, DE;
Dietmar Schwebel, Aschau a. Inn, DE;
TRW Airbag Systems GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
An inflator for a protective device in a vehicle includes a diffuser () forming a substantially rotation-symmetric external housing of the inflator with a closing member (), wherein the diffuser () includes a plurality of discharge orifices () arranged in a row, and which are of circular shape. The inflator also includes a filter () and a combustion chamber component at least partially enclosing at least one of a combustion chamber () and a combustion chamber sleeve (), wherein the filter () extends in a ring-shaped manner about the combustion chamber () and, at a position of its ring-shaped extension, includes a critical filter portion () which is closer to the combustion chamber component than the remaining filter areas situated at its ring-shaped extension, wherein the critical filter portion () has a reduced thickness compared to areas of the filter that are adjacent to the critical filter portion ().