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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8127681 | Metal-sealing material-feedthrough and utilization of the metal-sealing material feedthrough with an airbag, a belt tensioning device, and an ignition device The present invention relates to a metal-sealing material-feedthrough for igniters of airbags or belt tensioning devices, especially glass-metal-feedthrough, including at least one metal pin which is located in a feedthrough opening in the base body in a sealing mat... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8113117 | Energetic material initiation device An initiator that includes a header body, an insulating spacer, an initiator, a plurality of terminals and a plurality of contacts. The insulating spacer is coupled to the header body. The initiator forms at least a portion of an exploding foil initiator and include... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8020490 | Method of fabricating MEMS-based micro detonators The present invention provides a novel technique for the fabrication of MEMS igniters and detonators. According to a particular embodiment of the present invention, the device is built based on two-plates. Plate one contains the resistive heating element and plate t... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7866264 | Energetic material initiation device An initiator that includes a header body, an insulating spacer, an initiator chip, a plurality of terminals and a plurality of contacts. The insulating spacer is coupled to the header body. The initiator chip that forms at least a portion of an exploding foil initia... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7614344 | Assembly method for device employing electric ignition The present invention is a method of assembling a device employing electric ignition by comprising assembling an igniter assembly in the device, the igniter assembly having an electric igniter provided with a first electroconductive pin and a second electroconductiv... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7571679 | Energetic material initiation device having integrated low-energy exploding foil initiator header An initiator that includes a header body, an insulating spacer, an initiator chip, a plurality of terminals and a plurality of contacts. The insulating spacer is coupled to the header body. The initiator chip that forms at least a portion of an exploding foil initia... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7430963 | Energetic material initiation device utilizing exploding foil initiated ignition system with secondary explosive material An igniter assembly with a housing, an initiator, an input charge, a first barrier, a second barrier, and an output charge. The input charge is formed of a secondary explosive and disposed adjacent the initiator. The first barrier cooperates with the housing to form... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7343859 | Squib A squib for bus connection includes a communication and ignition unit which is connected via a pin to a bus line and is received within an inner cap, along with a quantity of a first explosive which does not emit corrosive gas. Furthermore, between this inner cap an... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7328657 | Tubular igniter bridge This invention relates to a solid-state or integrated circuit-type igniter die (10) having a bridge (18) that is formed on a non-planar surface of a substrate (12), and which therefore has a non-planar configuration. Igniter die (10), acc... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7322292 | Squib A squib that is used by being connected to a bus is formed by assembling an explosive unit and a communication/ignition unit that have been constructed as separate components. The communication/ignition unit is provided with an IC substrate for ignition and communic... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7284488 | Gas generator A gas generator comprising a first cup case 3 packing therein gas generant 2 to generate gas by the burning of it, a squib 5 having a second cup case E arranged in an inside of the first cup case 3 and containing an ignition charge D, a s... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275485 | Squib A squib associated with a supplemental restraint system includes an igniting agent positioned above a first pin that is a connecting terminal providing a connection with a two-wire system bus wire, which is an external signal wire, and above a header that is provide... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270059 | Device for the electrical initiation of a pyrotechnic microcharge, and microsystem using such a device The invention relates to a device for the electrical initiation of at least one pyrotechnic microcharge (3), this device being characterized in that it comprises a support element having at least one conductive finger (6) connected to a first terminal ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267056 | Initiator An initiator includes, as constitutive components, a pair of electrodes disposed with an insulator disposed therebetween; a bridge wire connected between the pair of electrodes and adapted to generate heat when energized; an explosive which detonates in response to ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7210703 | One-piece initiator device for inflators A one-piece initiator device including an end closure having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The end closure forming a passage between the first end portion and the second end portion. A squib is at least partially positi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7124688 | Overmolded body for pyrotechnic initiator and method of molding same A pyrotechnic initiator with an integral, unitary, overmolded insulating body that eliminates the need for separate components to form the body, and the method of molding same. ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111558 | Pyrotechnic detonator with an igniter support of plastic with an integrated metal insert The invention relates to a pyrotechnic detonator with an igniter support of plastic, which bears an ignition element. A cylindrical metal housing is fastened to the igniter support, into which the ignition reaches. A booster charge is arranged in the metal housing. ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7089861 | Heating element for igniting pyrotechnic charge A heating element for the ignition of a pyrotechnic charge, e.g. for firing an air bag, has increased stability with respect to transient pulses and electrostatic discharge as a result of a selection of this mass, specific resistance and specific heat capacity. In p... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7063019 | Assemblies including extendable, reactive charge-containing actuator devices An assembly including a support housing and an actuator device. The actuator device includes an extendable initiator cup including at least one non-random fold and at least in part defining a storage chamber containing a reactive charge reactable to produce reaction... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7055434 | Electrical initiation system A method of using electrically initiated primer systems that rely on vaporizing a thin metallic film which is either coated on a non-conductive insulator component or is a malleable thin film or strip secured to the inner surface of a primer cup assembly to ignite a... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047884 | Pyrotechnic initiator having output can with encapsulation material retention feature A pyrotechnic initiator is provided with an encapsulation material retention feature on the output can rather than on the header assembly. For example, the bottom of the output can of the pyrotechnic initiator may be swaged over the bottom of the header assembly and... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7021217 | Versatile cavity actuator and systems incorporating same A versatile cavity actuator. The versatile cavity actuator includes a cavity having one or more polymer-based sidewalls. An energetic material is disposed therein. A heater is disposed on or within the cavity. In a specific embodiment, the cavity includes a thermall... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7007973 | Tubular dual stage inflator A tubular inflator has a bulkhead that divides the inflator into a first and second combustion chambers. Each combustion chamber has an igniter assembly, gas generant, and compressed wire filter. The wire filters in the inflator are positioned so that they contact t... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004071 | Initiator with an internal sleeve retaining a pyrotechnic charge and methods of making same A pyrotechnic initiator having an internal sleeve that facilitates the loading and durable retention of a pyrotechnic charge in place on the header surface within the initiator. The sleeve beneficially retains the charge either in conjunction with the upper interior... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6994030 | Pyrotechnic microactuators for microsystems The technical field of the invention is that of microactuators designed for mechanical, chemical, electrical or thermal functions in microsystems, for microelectronic applications such as chips, or biomedical applications such as cards incorporating microfluidics. T... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6966260 | Clip-on device for coupling an electric match to a pyrotechnic fuse There is provided a molded polymeric coupling device incorporating integral hinges, latches and strain-relief features adapted to receive an electric match having a protective chamber, and a quickmatch fuse of a pyrotechnic device. After the quickmatch fuse is suita... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964430 | Weld-less driver-side inflator An inflator (10) is provided for supplying gas to a vehicle airbag from the combustion of pyrotechnic materials. The inflator (10) has a two-piece inflator body (12) held together by crimping the body components, rather than welding. An igniter ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6941867 | Initiator with a slip plane between an ignition charge and an output charge A pyrotechnic initiator having an initiator including a relatively low monolithic ignition charge that is separated from an overlying output charge by an intermediary slip plane. The slip plane may simply be a non-integral junction between monolithic ignition and ou... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6935241 | Method of producing a device containing pyrotechnical material and device obtainable by this method A method of producing a device containing pyrotechnical material comprises the following steps: providing a tubular housing element with a base and metal ducts incorporated in the base, with the housing element and the base being integrally formed of glass and the h... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925938 | Electro-explosive device with laminate bridge A semiconductor bridge (SCB) device. In one embodiment, the SCB device includes a laminate layer on top of an insulating material, wherein the laminate layer comprises a series of layers of at least two reactive materials, and wherein the laminate layer comprises tw... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6923122 | Energetic material initiation device utilizing exploding foil initiated ignition system with secondary explosive material A device and method that employs a detonation event as an energy source for producing a pyrotechnic output. The device includes an initiation charge that is selectively detonated by an exploding foil initiator. Byproducts from the detonation event are attenuated by ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6915744 | Pyrotechnic initiator with on-board control circuitry A pyrotechnic initiator with enclosed on-board control circuitry, and a mating connector therefor. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6910420 | Electrical initiation system An apparatus and method of using electrically initiated primer systems that rely on vaporizing a thin metallic film which is either coated on a non-conductive insulator component or is a malleable thin film or strip secured to the inner surface of a primer cup assem... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6907827 | Pyrotechnic initiator having output can with encapsulation material retention feature A pyrotechnic initiator is provided with an encapsulation material retention feature on the output can, such as a swaged end or anchors. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6905562 | Low density slurry bridge mix A low density slurry bridge mix for use in an inflatable restraint system is provided. The low density slurry bridge mix includes zirconium metal, a thermal conductivity enhancer such as aluminum metal, potassium perchlorate oxidant, and a binder material and has a ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6904846 | Ignition device for a safety system The invention relates to a safety system for an ignition device (7), particularly a safety system for an ignition device (7) to activate an airbag, a belt tightener or a similar type safety device for use in vehicles. The ignition device can be activat... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6877431 | Hermetically sealed electrical feed-through device with a bent isolated pin in a circular glass seal The hermetically sealed electrical feed-through device has a circular metal disk (11) with a conductive angular or bent isolated pin (13) hermetically sealed in an oval or elliptical through-going opening (O) whose center coincides with the center of t... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6874424 | Low voltage pyrotechnic igniter assembly The electric pyrotechnic igniter of the present invention comprises a controlled power source providing low-voltage electricity to one or more remotely located, replaceable ignition elements which are housed in compression clips capable of holding the ignition eleme... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6874423 | Hermetically sealed electrical feed-through device with a straight isolated pin in an offset oval glass seal The hermetically sealed electrical feed-through device has a circular metal disk (11) with a conductive straight isolated pin (13) hermetically sealed in an oval or elliptical through-going opening (O) positioned offset from the center of the circular ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6874422 | Hermetically sealed electrical feed-through device with an oval-cross-sectioned isolated pin in a circular glass seal The hermetically sealed electrical feed-through device has a circular metal disk (11, 21) with a conductive isolated pin (13, 23) hermetically sealed in a through-going circular opening (O, O′) by a glass seal (17, 27) and a conductive ground ... | 04/05/2005 |
