Patent ID: 7762585

Claim:
A baffle system for use in a gas generating system, the baffle system including a plurality of adjacent plates, each plate of the plurality of adjacent plates having at least one through orifice formed therein, each orifice in any given plate of the plurality of adjacent plates being in fluid communication with at least one orifice in each plate adjacent the given plate so as to provide at least one gas flow path extending through the plurality of adjacent plates, wherein the plurality of adjacent plates comprise a plurality of first plates and a plurality of second plates, each of the first plates having a first orifice configuration, each of the second plates having an orifice configuration different from the first orifice configuration, and wherein plates of the first plates and plates of the second plates are arranged adjacent each other in alternating fashion, wherein the orifice configuration of each of the second plates includes a plurality of orifices, and wherein an average area of the orifices in a given second plate decreases along a direction of flow of gases through the plurality of adjacent plates.