Inflator with shock wave generator
A pressure container stores gas therein, and includes a tube facing a gas exit at one end thereof. An initiator is fitted into a rear end of the tube. A burst disk closes the gas exit and is arranged to break upon receipt of a shock wave. A closure disk closes a distal end of the tube. The tube is filled with a gas with a pressure lower than that in the container. The initiator ejects a high-pressure gas into the tube to generate a shock wave. The shock wave breaks the closure disk and propagates in the container, and then bursts the burst disk when it reaches the gas exit.
Takata Corporation
B
B60R
inventional
Hideki
Mizuno