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Air bag explosive container device and method

Assignee: MCDAVID JOHN
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Filing: 1990-11-21
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Granted: 1992-08-11
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Expires: 2010-11-21
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Abstract

Abstract An air bag explosive container device for use in inflating an air bag upon receipt of a sensor signal that indicates a collision. The container device includes a lower cylinder portion and an upper cap portion, threadedly connected together and enclosing a chamber for an explosive material. The lower cylinder portion and upper cap portion each consist of (a) carbon iron alloy base material and an outer protective oxide coating located thereon thereby providing both high strength and anticorrosion properties, ease of manufacture, and much lower cost of manufacture.

Inventors

  • 👤 Robert E. Bennett, Jr.

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 14:16
CPC Classifications
B; B60; B60R; B60R21/00; B60R21/02; B60R21/16; B60R21/26; B60R21/264; B60R21/2644

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 4
Claim 1
Independent Claim 161 words
An air-bag explosive-container device comprising, in combination: a lower cylinder portion having a plurality of apertures and an open end having a threaded portion defining said open end; and an upper cap portion having a threaded portion connecting to the threaded portion of the lower cylinder portion and together with the lower cylinder portion enclosing a chamber for an explosive material; wherein said lower cylinder portion and said upper cap portion are made with carbon-iron alloy material containing approximately 0.46 weight percent carbon, 0.87 percent manganese, 0.019 percent phosphorous, 0.075 percent sulphur, 0.26 percent silicon, 0.16 percent nickel, 0.93 percent chromium, 0.20 percent molybdenum, 0.29 percent copper, and 0.04 to 0.06 percent selenium; and wherein protective insulating oxide coating means is disposed over the entire surface of said alloy material for protecting said alloy material of said lower cylinder portion and of said upper cap portion from possible corrosion due to contamination caused by the explosive material contained in said chamber.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 161 words
An air-bag explosive-container device comprising, in combination: a lower cylinder portion having a plurality of apertures and an open end having a threaded portion defining said open end; and an upper cap portion having a threaded portion connecting to the threaded portion of the lower cylinder portion and together with the lower cylinder portion enclosing a chamber for an explosive material; wherein said lower cylinder portion and said upper cap portion are made with carbon-iron alloy material containing approximately 0.46 weight percent carbon, 0.87 percent manganese, 0.019 percent phosphorous, 0.075 percent sulphur, 0.26 percent silicon, 0.16 percent nickel, 0.93 percent chromium, 0.20 percent molybdenum, 0.29 percent copper, and 0.04 to 0.06 percent selenium; and wherein protective insulating oxide coating means is disposed over the entire surface of said alloy material for protecting said alloy material of said lower cylinder portion and of said upper cap portion from possible corrosion due to contamination caused by the explosive material contained in said chamber.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 199 words
An air-bag explosive-container device comprising, in combination: a lower cylinder portion and an upper cap portion connected coaxially along a common axis and together enclosing a chamber for containing an explosive material; said lower cylinder portion having a cylindrical wall with a plurality of peripheral apertures, having threads at an open end thereof, and having an end wall at the other end thereof; said upper cap portion having an end wall and having a stem portion having threads thereon engaging the threads of said lower cylinder portion and having an opening extending through the stem portion and the end wall for wires to extend to the explosive material; said lower cylinder portion having a metal base structure made from carbon-iron alloy metal stock and having a protective coating of an oxide layer; and said upper cap portion having a metal base structure made from carbon-iron alloy metal stock and having a protective coating of an oxide layer, wherein said carbon-iron alloy metal stock contains approximately 0.46 weight percent carbon, 0.87 percent manganese, 0.019 percent phosphorous, 0.075 percent sulphur, 0.26 percent silicon, 0.16 percent nickel, 0.93 percent chromium, 0.20 percent molybdenum, 0.29 percent copper, and 0.04 to 0.06 percent selenium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 199 words
An air-bag explosive-container device comprising, in combination: a lower cylinder portion and an upper cap portion connected coaxially along a common axis and together enclosing a chamber for containing an explosive material; said lower cylinder portion having a cylindrical wall with a plurality of peripheral apertures, having threads at an open end thereof, and having an end wall at the other end thereof; said upper cap portion having an end wall and having a stem portion having threads thereon engaging the threads of said lower cylinder portion and having an opening extending through the stem portion and the end wall for wires to extend to the explosive material; said lower cylinder portion having a metal base structure made from carbon-iron alloy metal stock and having a protective coating of an oxide layer; and said upper cap portion having a metal base structure made from carbon-iron alloy metal stock and having a protective coating of an oxide layer, wherein said carbon-iron alloy metal stock contains approximately 0.46 weight percent carbon, 0.87 percent manganese, 0.019 percent phosphorous, 0.075 percent sulphur, 0.26 percent silicon, 0.16 percent nickel, 0.93 percent chromium, 0.20 percent molybdenum, 0.29 percent copper, and 0.04 to 0.06 percent selenium.

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