Patent ID: 6752421
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An inflator for an inflatable restraint system in an automobile, the inflator comprising:an elongate inflator body having a first end and a second end and a plurality of inflation apertures, said inflator body defining a first chamber wherein a first propellant charge is positioned; a partitioning assembly within said inflator body, and positioned proximate said second end, said partitioning assembly defining a second chamber operatively independent of said first chamber wherein a second propellant charge is positioned within said second chamber; a filter radially spaced about said first chamber but not said second chamber whereby all gases produced by said inflator are filtered exclusively therethrough; a first and a second initiator operably associated with said first and said second propellant charges, respectively; wherein said initiators are selectively operable to ignite said propellant charges, thereby supplying an inflation gas via said first chamber to an inflatable restraint cushion.