Patent ID: 6584911
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: B60R,F42B

Abstract:
An initiator for actuating an inflation fluid source for an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device, said initiator comprising:a base; a cap attached to said base and at least partially defining a plurality of chambers in said initiator, each one of said chambers containing ignitable material for, when ignited, generating combustion products for actuating said inflation fluid source; a plurality of electrically energizable microelectromechanical system (MEMS) devices supported on said base, said MEMS devices being associated in a one to one relationship with said chambers, each one of said MEMS devices when energized generating combustion products, including heat, for igniting the associated ignitable material; and at least one terminal pin electrically connected with said plurality of MEMS devices for receiving an electric signal for energizing at least one of said MEMS devices.