Patent ID: 7537240

Claim:
A gas generating system comprising: a housing having a longitudinal axis and a pair of opposed ends; a bulkhead positioned between the housing ends for partitioning the housing into a first chamber and a second chamber isolated from the first chamber so as to prevent fluid communication with the first chamber; a first baffle tube positioned within the first chamber, the first baffle tube having a pair of opposed ends; a first pair of opposed surfaces formed within the first chamber, each surface of the first pair of surfaces being sloped with respect to the housing longitudinal axis and abutting a corresponding end of the first baffle tube to position the first baffle tube within the first chamber such that a longitudinal axis of the first baffle tube is substantially coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the housing; a second baffle tube positioned within the second chamber, the second baffle tube having a pair of opposed ends; and a second pair of opposed surfaces formed within the second chamber, each surface of the second pair of surfaces being sloped with respect to the housing longitudinal axis and abutting a corresponding end of the second baffle tube to position the second baffle tube within the second chamber such that a longitudinal axis of the second baffle tube is substantially coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the housing.