Patent ID: 6435551
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
An inflator comprising:a cylindrical casing, a partition situated in the casing to be offset from a middle in a longitudinal direction of the casing to one end side of the casing so that the casing has a first chamber on the one end side and a second chamber on the other end side, a gas generant filled in the first and second chambers for generating gases, first holes formed in the casing only near the partition to communicate with the first chamber so that when the gas generant in the first chamber is ignited, a gas is ejected through the first holes near the partition to inflate the airbag as equal as possible in the longitudinal direction, and second holes formed in the casing only at the middle in the longitudinal direction of the casing to communicate with the second chamber so that when the gas generant in the second chamber is ignited, a gas is ejected through the second holes at the middle of the casing to equally inflate the airbag in the longitudinal direction.