公开(公告)号：JPH1044918A

公开(公告)日：1998-02-17

申请号：JP12092797

申请日：1997-05-12

Applicant: AUTOLIV ASP INC

Inventor： LOWE WILLIAM GREGORY ,  FRANCIS JOSEPH D

IPC: B60R21/26 ,  B60R21/268 ,  B60R21/272 ,  B60R21/276

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To release the gas pressure from an inflater during small fire of the inflater by manufacturing a sealing means to seal a filling port of the material which is melted at the automatic ignition temperature of the inflater, or immediately below the automatic ignition temperature. SOLUTION: The material 52 is thermoplastic plastic, tin, lead or an alloy having low melting point. The seal 50 covers an inner end of a filling port 22, and is slightly extended into the filling port 22. The seal can be ejected into the filling port 22 in a soft condition so that the sealing material is expanded outward to cover the filling port. The material of the seal 50 is melted or softened at the automatic ignition temperature or immediately below the automatic ignition temperature, for example, at an appropriate temperature in a small fire such as 842-932 deg.C (450-500 deg.F). The sealing material is melted or burned during a small fire, and the compressed gas in a chamber 14 is discharged before the pressure is in a dangerous condition and an inflater container is exploded.