Patent ID: 6544060
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: B60R,H01R

Abstract:
A shunt, which fits into a cylindrical socket being concavely formed in an external face of a housing of an inflator and short-circuits a pair of pins of a squib, said pair of pins rising at the center of the socket from the bottom to a point near to the opening, said shunt comprisesan annular wall having a fitting hole into which pins enter from the bottom side at the center thereof and into which the female connector fits from the top side, and a short-circuit piece, which is provided on said annular wall, will contact both of the pins when the shunt is fitted into the socket, and will be pushed to move away from the pins when the female connector is fitted into the fitting hole, the height of said annular wall being not less than the sum of the depth of insertion of the female connector into the fitting hole in the axial direction of the pins when the female connector is inserted obliquely into the fitting hole, plus the height of the pins from the bottom of the socket, and the top of the annular wall is formed to include a brim to hang over the external face of the inflator housing.