Patent ID: 6718884
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: F42B

Abstract:
An initiator assembly including a priming for being used in an air bag inflator, comprising:an initiator used for igniting the priming and having at least one conductive pin; a metal collar for fixing the initiator assembly on the air bag inflator, said metal collar and said initiator being integrally formed by an insulating material injection-molded therebetween, said metal collar including a circumferential wall portion extending in an axial direction thereof and the insulating material including a projection formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof such that an outer end of the projection is projected from a surface defined by an outer surface of the circumferential wall portion, wherein the outer peripheral surface of the insulating material and the outer surface of the circumferential wall portion are exposed in juxtaposed relation to each other and have substantially the same diameter, and wherein the insulating material is a resin made of a plastic material that surrounds a metal eyelet of the initiator.