INITIATOR FOR AIRBAG INFLATION GAS GENERATION VIA DISSOCIATION

摘要

An apparatus and method for inflating a vehicular inflatable device (10) are provided wherein inflation gas is produced via a dissociative material wherein an initiator (40) includes an enhanced fuel pyrotechnic formulation which, in addition to initiating dissociation of at least a portion of a quantity of gas source material (14) contained within the inflator, forming dissociation products used to inflate the device (10), also forms particles to interact with one or more of at least a portion of the remaining quantity of gas source material (14) contained within the inflator and the dissociation products to form additional inflation products for inflating the inflatable device.