Special geometry generant bodies for automotive gas bag inflator
    1.
    发明授权
    Special geometry generant bodies for automotive gas bag inflator 失效
    汽车气囊充气机专用几何发生体

    公开(公告)号:US5551343A

    公开(公告)日:1996-09-03

    申请号:US185535

    申请日:1994-01-21

    CPC分类号: B60R21/2644 F42B5/16

    摘要: A gas generant body having a plurality of alike, flat-surfaced projections equally spaced and radially equidistant about the periphery of one or both sides of the body. The spaced projections are defined by curved or arcuate walls emanating from the center of the generant body which flare outwardly to the body's perimeter, each having an angular arc length greater than the space therebetween. The outer edge of each projection is preferably contiguous with the perimeter of the body. When the projections are on both sides, as is preferred, the projections on one side are preferably in a staggered or offset relationship to those on the other side. A washer-shaped wafer disc is the most preferred overall generant body form. A stack or assembly of the multiprojection generant wafers may be formed into an array for use in a gas generator for an automobile gas bag inflator. Each generant wafer acts as its own spacer, can be assembled independent of orientation, will not mesh or interlock with adjacent wafers and does not need extra inflator hardware.

    摘要翻译: 一种气体发生器体,其具有多个相等的平坦表面的凸起,其平行间隔并且围绕主体的一侧或两侧的周边径向等距。 间隔的突起由从发生体的中心发出的弯曲或弧形壁限定,其向外张开到身体的周边,每个具有大于其间的空间的角弧长度。 每个突起的外边缘优选与身体的周边相邻。 当突起位于两侧时,如优选的那样,一侧上的突起优选地与另一侧上的突起交错或偏移。 垫圈状晶片盘是最优选的整体发电机体形式。 多个投影发生器晶片的堆叠或组件可以形成为用于汽车气囊充气机的气体发生器中的阵列。 每个发电机晶片充当其自己的间隔件,可独立于取向组装,不会与相邻的晶片啮合或互锁,并且不需要额外的充气机硬件。

    Reinforced ceramic air bag filters
    2.
    发明授权
    Reinforced ceramic air bag filters 失效
    增强陶瓷气囊过滤器

    公开(公告)号:US5746793A

    公开(公告)日:1998-05-05

    申请号:US586044

    申请日:1996-01-16

    摘要: Reinforced ceramic unitary filters for air bags. The filters have a first layer having a high porosity, and a second layer having a low porosity. The first layer is preferably formed of low-cost ceramic grit sintered into a rigid mass, or a rigid reticulated ceramic. The second layer is formed of metal particles, and provides increased strength for the brittle ceramic. The metal particles may be formed onto the second layer and then sintered in place. Alternatively, the second layer may be formed separately and secured in position on the first layer. As a third alternative, the second layer may be applied by plasma arc deposition upon the first layer. The metal particles provide increased strength to the filter, as well as providing a fine filtering layer. The metal layer can also place the ceramic in compression to pre-load the ceramic layer for increased resistance to breakage.

    摘要翻译: 用于气囊的强化陶瓷单一过滤器。 过滤器具有高孔隙率的第一层和具有低孔隙率的第二层。 第一层优选由烧结成刚性质量块或刚性网状陶瓷的低成本陶瓷砂粒形成。 第二层由金属颗粒形成,并为脆性陶瓷提供增强的强度。 金属颗粒可以形成在第二层上,然后在适当位置烧结。 或者,第二层可以单独形成并固定在第一层上的适当位置。 作为第三替代方案,第二层可以通过等离子体电弧沉积施加在第一层上。 金属颗粒为过滤器提供增强的强度,以及提供精细的过滤层。 金属层也可以将陶瓷压缩以预加载陶瓷层,以增加耐破坏性。

    Airbag inflator with components protected from high-temperature,
reactive generated gases
    3.
    发明授权
    Airbag inflator with components protected from high-temperature, reactive generated gases 失效
    安全气囊充气机具有防止高温,反应产生的气体的组件

    公开(公告)号:US5779267A

    公开(公告)日:1998-07-14

    申请号:US716931

    申请日:1996-10-15

    IPC分类号: B60R21/26 B60R21/264 C06D5/06

    CPC分类号: B60R21/2644 C06D5/06

    摘要: Components of a vehicle airbag gas generator, or inflator, are coated with reactivity resistant materials to protect them from deterioration caused by contact with the high temperature, reactive gases generated by recently developed non-azide high reactive temperature gas generating materials. Suitable coatings include those produced from ceramics and reactivity resistant metals. These coatings also provide long term protection of the components from deterioration caused by the environment/atmosphere within the inflator.

    摘要翻译: 车辆安全气囊发生器或充气机的部件涂覆有抗反应性材料,以保护其免受由与最近开发的非叠氮化物高反应性气体发生材料产生的高温反应性气体接触而引起的劣化。 合适的涂层包括由陶瓷和耐反应金属制成的涂层。 这些涂层还为组件提供长期保护,防止由充气机内的环境/气氛引起的恶化。

    Unitary filter for pyrotechnic air bag inflator
    5.
    发明授权
    Unitary filter for pyrotechnic air bag inflator 失效
    一体式过滤器用于烟火气囊充气机

    公开(公告)号:US5556439A

    公开(公告)日:1996-09-17

    申请号:US418910

    申请日:1995-04-07

    摘要: A unitary rigid filter for use in a high temperature, high pressure application in a pyrotechnic airbag inflator includes a matrix structure formed of porous carbonaceous foam material coated with silicon material and having a high thermal conductivity coefficient for absorbing heat from the gases generated on ignition of a pyrotechnic material. The porous, carbonaceous foam has a porosity or permeability of approximately 40 ppi to 80 ppi and a thin, sheet-like liner of porous, ceramic paper is mounted on the body of the foam matrix structure for improving operational characteristics.

    摘要翻译: 在烟火气囊充气机中用于高温高压应用的单一刚性过滤器包括由涂覆有硅材料的多孔碳质泡沫材料形成的基体结构,并且具有高热导率系数,用于吸收由点燃时产生的气体的热量 烟火材料。 多孔碳质泡沫具有约40ppi至80ppi的孔隙率或渗透性,并且将多孔陶瓷纸的薄的片状衬垫安装在泡沫基体结构体上以改善操作特性。

    Pyrotechnic inflator for an air bag
    6.
    发明授权
    Pyrotechnic inflator for an air bag 失效
    用于气囊的烟火充气机

    公开(公告)号:US5483896A

    公开(公告)日:1996-01-16

    申请号:US273650

    申请日:1994-07-12

    摘要: A pyrotechnic inflator for an air bag includes a housing for containing gas generating material for inflating an air bag. The housing has a wall formed of rigid, porous material and serves both as a filter for entrapping contaminants from the gas that is generated within as the gas passes outward through the wall into the air bag and cools the gas by absorbing heat therefrom. Gas generating material and an ignition train is hermetically sealed in a bag or packet inside the porous housing which serves triple duty as a solid pyrotechnic container, a gas filter and a gas cooler.

    摘要翻译: 用于气囊的烟火充气机包括用于容纳用于使气囊充气的气体发生材料的壳体。 壳体具有由刚性多孔材料形成的壁,并且既用作捕获气体中的污染物的过滤器,当气体通过壁向外通过壁进入气囊并通过从其吸收热量来冷却气体时。 气体发生材料和点火火车气密地密封在多孔壳体内的袋子或包装袋中,其作为固体烟火容器,气体过滤器和气体冷却器起三重作用。

    Pyrotechnic air bag inflator with unitary filter
    8.
    发明授权
    Pyrotechnic air bag inflator with unitary filter 失效
    具有整体过滤器的烟火气囊充气机

    公开(公告)号:US5547638A

    公开(公告)日:1996-08-20

    申请号:US280485

    申请日:1994-07-26

    摘要: A pyrotechnic air bag inflator utilizing non-azide gas generating material such as mixtures of copper oxide and amino tetrazol includes a unitary, rigid, drop-in type, filter for cooling and filtering high temperature, high pressure corrosive gas generated when the air bag inflator is activated to inflate an associated air bag. The filter comprises a reticulated structure formed of strong, porous, metal, metal alloy or ceramic material having a high thermal diffusivity and surface area for absorbing heat from the gas and defining a plurality of tortuous passages for entrapping contaminants from the gas passing through the filter.

    摘要翻译: 使用非叠氮化物气体发生材料如氧化铜和氨基四唑的混合物的烟火气囊充气机包括一体的,刚性的,滴入式的过滤器,用于冷却和过滤气囊充气机产生的高温高压腐蚀性气体 被激活以使相关联的气囊膨胀。 过滤器包括由强的多孔金属,金属合金或陶瓷材料形成的网状结构,其具有高热扩散率和表面积,用于吸收来自气体的热量,并且限定多个曲折通道,用于捕获来自通过过滤器的气体的污染物 。

    Airbag inflator with venturi effect cooling and gas supplement
    9.
    发明授权
    Airbag inflator with venturi effect cooling and gas supplement 失效
    气囊充气机,文丘里效应冷却和气体补充

    公开(公告)号:US5820160A

    公开(公告)日:1998-10-13

    申请号:US609665

    申请日:1996-03-01

    IPC分类号: B60R21/30 B60R21/32

    摘要: An airbag inflator with venturi effect cooling and gas supplement. The inflator includes a housing having a quantity of gas-producing fuel therein, and possibly a stored gas also, along with appropriate igniters. These materials are stored within a gas production chamber of the housing. The gas leaving this chamber travels through the housing to an exit port on the housing. Intermediate the gas production chamber and the housing exit port is a venturi section of the housing. This section reduces the pressure of the gas, and thus the pressure at the interior end of draw vents opening onto the venturi section. The vents therefore draw outside air into the housing to mix with the gas. This cools the gas to the desired temperature, and also supplements the gas exiting the housing. As such, the need for a heat sink to cool the gas is reduced or eliminated. Furthermore, since the cushion is inflated with a mixture of gas and air, the amount of gas typically needed is reduced by the amount of added air. This permits the amount of fuel to be reduced, thus reducing cost and weight.

    摘要翻译: 安全气囊充气机,文丘里效应冷却和气体补充。 充气机包括其中具有一定量的产生气体的壳体,以及可能的储存气体以及合适的点火器。 这些材料储存在壳体的气体生产室内。 离开该室的气体通过壳体行进到壳体上的出口。 气体生成室和外壳出口的中间是壳体的文氏管部分。 该部分减小了气体的压力,因此在通向文丘里管部分的通气孔内端的压力。 因此,通风口将外部空气吸入外壳以与气体混合。 这将气体冷却至所需温度,并补充离开外壳的气体。 因此,降低或消除了需要散热器来冷却气体。 此外,由于气垫和气体的混合使气垫膨胀,所以通常需要的气体量减少了空气量。 这允许减少燃料量,从而降低成本和重量。