EP1908649A3
Variable output inflator
Abstract
The variable output inflator (10) includes an injection piston assembly (15) containing a sealed container (20) of liquid propellant. The movement of the injection piston (17) of the assembly (15) is controlled by an electromagnetic valve that controls the flow of a fluid from a reservoir and against which an annular skirt of the injection piston (17) moves during actuation.

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| FR2757119A1 | Cites | France | A | Search report | 1 |
| US5669631A | Cites | United States of America | DA | Search report | – |
| US6889613B2 | Cites | United States of America | DX | Search report | 1-10 |
| US6889614B2 | Cites | United States of America | X | Search report | 1-10 |
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| 452576 | United States of America | – | |
| 45257606 | United States of America | A | |
| 45257606 | United States of America | A | |
| 06119416 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | |
| 06119416 | European Patent Office (EPO) | A | |
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| 452576 | – | – | – |
| EP20060119416 | – | – | – |
| US20060452576 | – | – | – |
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Numbers
- Publication
- 1908649
- Publication, DOCDB
- 1908649
- Publication, EPODOC
- EP1908649
- Application
- 8100637
- Application, DOCDB
- 08100637
- Application, EPODOC
- EP20080100637
Titles3
- German
- Gasgenerator mit variablem Output
- English
- Variable output inflator
- French
- Générateur de gaz avec production variable
Classification
- CPC, 2
- B60R21/264
- B60R2021/26094
- IPC, 1
- B60R21 26
Designated states38
- Contracting states, 34
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Switzerland
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Germany
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Spain
- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Greece
- Croatia
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Iceland
- Italy
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Latvia
- Monaco
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- Malta
- Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Sweden
- Slovenia
- Slovakia
- Türkiye
- Extension states, 4
- Albania
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- North Macedonia
- Serbia