Patent ID: 6959649
Filing Date: 2005-11-01
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An inflator, comprising: an inflator housing in which a pressurized medium is charged and one end thereof being provided with an opening portion; a diffuser portion fixed to the opening portion of the inflator housing and provided with a gas discharging hole for discharging the pressurized medium flowing from the opening portion to the outside upon actuation; a rupturable plate closing an outflow path for the pressurized medium between the diffuser portion and the opening portion of the inflator housing; rupturing means for the rupturable plate provided in the diffuser portion; and a gas discharging port connected to the gas discharging hole and extended in an axial direction of said inflator housing, wherein an end portion of said gas discharging port is closed, and a circumferential surface of said gas discharging port is provided with an exhaust opening.