Patent ID: 6106000
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An air bag inflator for safety assistance to an occupant of a motor vehicle during a collision and is configured to install on a structural member of said vehicle, therewith said inflator comprising:(a) a pyrotechnic exploder and ignitor for providing explosive energy;(b) an elongated cylindrical combustion chamber means surrounding and encasing said exploder and said ignitor for controlling force of said explosive energy;(c) an elongated cylindrical baffle means including an elongated front portion opening of said baffle means whereas said baffle means partially surrounds and encases said chamber means thereby controlling directional flow of said explosive energy;(d) an air bag in an uninflated state and is folded in an elongated configuration longitudinally adjacent to said baffle means and an elongated securing band means that is connected to said air bag wherein said band means is connected therein to said opening of said baffle means;(e) an elongated cylindrical yieldable encasement means for encapsulating and including all of said components, wherein the improvement comprises a plurality of support member means for said inflator to be generically applicable and allowing said inflator to be rotatively alignable along the long axis of said inflator and a plurality of elongated yielding door means within said encasement means for said encasement means to yield in a longitudinal manner when said air bag is inflated thereby allowing said air bag to develop in a lateral direction parallel to a frontal plane in front of said occupant thus preventing developmental impact of said air bag thereinto said occupant.