Patent ID: 8353247

Claim:
An inflator comprising: an elongate outer housing ( 110 ) which has at least one discharge opening ( 128 ) and includes a compressed gas container ( 112 ) and an igniting unit ( 116 ) provided at a first axial end ( 114 ) of the compressed gas container ( 112 ), the igniting of the igniting unit generating a shock wave which, in a shock wave direction (S), enters the compressed gas container ( 112 ) at the first axial end thereof and passes at least through some sections of the compressed gas container ( 112 ), wherein the discharge opening ( 126 ) is arranged away from the first axial end of the compressed gas container ( 112 ) and is closed by a bursting membrane ( 128 ) adapted to be destroyed by the shock wave, wherein the bursting membrane ( 128 ) is not oriented perpendicularly to the shock wave direction (S), and the compressed gas container ( 112 ) has a deflecting device ( 138 ; 338 ; 438 ) which deflects the shock wave running through the compressed gas container ( 112 ) from the shock wave direction (S) in the direction of the bursting membrane ( 128 ).