Patent ID: 8794665

Claim:
An inflator for a vehicle occupant protection system, comprising a housing ( 12 ) in which a combustion chamber ( 16 ) containing a pyrotechnic propellant is arranged in which combustion chamber hot gas can be generated and which includes at least one escape orifice ( 22 ) directed radially toward the environment of the inflator ( 10 ), and a coolant reservoir ( 24 ; 124 ; 224 ) arranged in the housing ( 12 ) in which coolant is accommodated prior to activation of the inflator ( 10 ) and which has at least one coolant outlet orifice ( 28 ; 28 ′; 28 ″), wherein at least one of the at least one coolant outlet orifice ( 28 ; 28 ′, 28 ″) is directed radially on the coolant reservoir ( 24 ; 124 ; 224 ) in direct vicinity of at least one of the at least one escape orifice ( 22 ); and wherein at least one of the at least one coolant outlet orifice ( 28 ; 28 ′, 28 ″) in the coolant reservoir ( 24 ; 124 ; 224 ) and at least one of the at least one escape orifice ( 22 ) in the housing ( 12 ) are located at the same height in the axial direction (A) of the inflator ( 10 ).