Patent ID: 6290256
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An apparatus for inflating an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device, comprising:an inflator housing including first and second end walls;an inflation fluid source in said inflator housing actuatable to provide inflation fluid under pressure;an igniter assembly in said inflator housing for actuating said inflation fluid source, said igniter assembly including an igniter housing located between said first and second end walls of said inflator housing and an igniter located in said igniter housing for actuating said inflation fluid source;a flow control member in said housing having openings which are movable upon actuation of said inflation fluid source to control flow of inflation fluid out of said housing;said first and second end walls of said inflator housing moving away from each other upon actuation of said inflation fluid source, said igniter housing moving with said second end wall away from said first end wall, said flow control member moving with said first end wall away from said second end wall; andsaid igniter assembly further including a cap on said igniter housing for closing an open end of said igniter housing, said cap contacting said flow control member and bodily moving with said flow control member and said first end wall away from said second end wall and relative to said igniter housing upon actuation of said inflation fluid source.