Patent ID: 6106008
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B60R,F42B

Abstract:
An apparatus for inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant restraint comprising:a container for storing a compressed gas, said container including a rupturable wall which is rupturable to define a gas exit opening in fluid communication with said inflatable vehicle occupant restraint;a pyrotechnic gas generator having a combustion gas outlet directed into said compressed gas container for mixing a gas output of said pyrotechnic gas generator with said compressed gas;a pyrotechnic delay train having an input end and an output end, said output end adapted to initiate combustion of said pyrotechnic gas generator at a predetermined period after initiation of said input end; andan initiator for rupturing said rupturable wall and for initiating said input end of said pyrotechnic delay train, whereby said compressed gas begins to flow substantially immediately after said rupturable seal is ruptured and said pyrotechnic gas generator begins to produce said gas output after a predetermined delay.