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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
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, Kaiserbach, 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 locator 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 circumferential wall () which surrounds a combustion chamber () and a filter () which extends at least partially along the wall (), wherein the wall () has at least one supporting portion () which constitutes an axial support for the filter () and is integrally formed with the wall (), and wherein either plural supporting portions () are formed by embossed beads, the heads being spaced apart from each other in circumferential direction, and wherein a supporting portion () is formed by a completely circumferential embossed bead.