Patent ID: 6644199
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
In a pyrotechnic ignition arrangement for igniting a pyrotechnic charge, including a circuit carrier, an ignition electronics assembly with at least one electronic component mounted on said circuit carrier, and an igniter element arrangement that is adapted to ignite the pyrotechnic charge and that is connected to said circuit carrier and thereby electrically connected to said ignition electronics assembly,an improvement wherein said igniter element arrangement comprises a carrier body that is a discrete separate part relative to said circuit carrier, an igniter element that is arranged on said carrier body and adapted to ignite the pyrotechnic charge, and an electrical contact arrangement that electrically connects said igniter element arrangement with said circuit carrier, and wherein said carrier body has a configuration that extends longitudinally along a longitudinal axis and that is standardized and has a degree of symmetry such that said carrier body can be selectively mounted and electrically contacted onto said circuit carrier in any one of plural possible orientations with different rotations of said carrier body about said longitudinal axis.