公开(公告)号：US5851027A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-22

申请号：US711028

申请日：1996-09-09

申请人： Michael DiGiacomo ,  Stephen Gold ,  Richard Husband ,  Robert Bishop ,  Chester Copperthite ,  Charles Woods

发明人： Michael DiGiacomo ,  Stephen Gold ,  Richard Husband ,  Robert Bishop ,  Chester Copperthite ,  Charles Woods

IPC分类号： B60R21/263 ,  B60R21/272 ,  B60R21/16

CPC分类号： B60R21/272 ,  B60R2021/2633

摘要： A variable output inflator (20) for use in inflating an air bag or air cushion comprising: a pressure vessel (22) comprising a thin walled toroidal pressure vessel portion (23) and a cylindrical pressure vessel portion (60) circumscribed by, in physical contact and in fluid communication with the toroidal pressure vessel portion, the cylindrical pressure vessel portion including a rupturable disk (74) and at least one exit port (78) communicable with an air bag; a pyrotechnic member (200a,b) for heating stored inflation gas within the pressure vessel to a pressure level to rupture the rupturable disk, allowing heated inflation gas to exit and fill an adjacently attached air bag.

摘要翻译： 一种可变输出充气机（20），用于对气囊或气垫充气，包括：压力容器（22），包括薄壁环形压力容器部分（23）和圆柱形压力容器部分（60），所述圆柱形压力容器部分 接触并与环形压力容器部分流体连通，圆柱形压力容器部分包括可破裂盘（74）和至少一个可与气囊通信的出口（78）; 用于将压力容器内的储存的充气气体加热到破裂可破裂盘的压力水平的烟火构件（200a，b），允许加热的充气气体排出并填充相邻连接的气囊。

公开(公告)号：US5660412A

公开(公告)日：1997-08-26

申请号：US718035

申请日：1996-09-23

申请人： Donald Renfroe ,  Roy G. Brown ,  David A. Bilbrey ,  Richard L. Frantom ,  Steven L. Ludeke ,  Richard K. Robbins ,  Richard Husband ,  James Rose

发明人： Donald Renfroe ,  Roy G. Brown ,  David A. Bilbrey ,  Richard L. Frantom ,  Steven L. Ludeke ,  Richard K. Robbins ,  Richard Husband ,  James Rose

IPC分类号： B60R21/272 ,  B60R21/26

CPC分类号： B60R21/272

摘要： A hybrid inflator (20) comprising: a pressure vessel (22) including a central member (24) closed at ends by a first (28) and a second closure member (30), one of the closure members including a passage means (70) for introducing pressurized inflation gas into the pressure vessel and the other of the closure members including a breakable disk (34) in communication with at least one exit port (40); a pyrotechnic container (80), within the pressure vessel, secured at one end to one of the closure members (28) and including a plurality of vent openings (90) thereabout, a first quantity of pyrotechnic material (100), located within the pyrotechnic container for providing, at a first controlled gas generation rate, the primary source of heating the inflation gas in the pressure vessel, a second quantity of pyrotechnic material (102) located at least partially within the first quantity of pyrotechnic material characterized by a gas generation rate greater than that of the gas generation rate of the first quantity of material, for producing products of combustion that ignite the first quantity of material and wherein a portion of these products of combustion directly heat the inflation gas, an initiator (104) for igniting the second quantity of pyrotechnic material.

摘要翻译： 一种混合充气机（20），包括：压力容器（22），包括中心构件（24），所述中心构件（24）在端部处由第一闭合构件（30）和第二闭合构件（30）封闭，所述闭合构件中的一个包括通道装置 ），用于将加压的充气气体引入所述压力容器中，并且所述封闭构件中的另一个包括与至少一个出口（40）连通的可破坏盘（34）; 在压力容器内的烟火容器（80）在一端固定到封闭构件（28）中的一个并且在其周围包括多个通气开口（90），第一数量的烟火材料（100）位于 烟火容器，以第一控制气体产生速率提供加压压力容器中的充气气体的主要来源，第二数量的烟火材料（102）至少部分位于第一数量的烟火材料内，其特征在于气体 产生率高于第一量的材料的气体产生速率，用于产生点燃第一量的材料的燃烧产物，并且其中这些燃烧产物的一部分直接加热膨胀气体;起动器（104），用于 点燃第二批烟火材料。