Patent ID: 6666476
Filing Date: 2003-12-23
Classification: B60R,C06B,C06C

Abstract:
An inflator device comprising:a closed storage chamber having contents including a quantity of an expandable fluid effective to provide a gaseous inflation medium, at least one exit opening wherethrough at least a portion of the gaseous inflation medium provided by the inflator device can exit the inflator device and an initiator device effective upon actuation to open the storage chamber and place at least a portion of the storage chamber contents in fluid communication with the at least one exit opening, wherein a quantity of a pyrotechnic composition is disposed on a non-gas generant surface within the inflator device, the pyrotechnic composition including a binder additive effective to adhere the pyrotechnic composition to a surface within the inflator device, the pyrotechnic composition reactable upon initiation from the initiator device to augment at least one fill characteristic of the gaseous inflation medium.