ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,225, issued on June 3, was assigned to Autoliv Development AB (Vargarda, Sweden).
"Gas generator with a pressurized gas reserve" was invented by Gerald Prima (Pont de Buis, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas generator includes a chamber with an outlet port; a breakable seal; pressurized gas stored in the chamber; and an insert nozzle positioned in the chamber having at least three intermediate orifices and positioned between the gas outlet and at least some of the pressurized gas. The insert nozzle is arranged to deform after the breakable seal is ruptured, during the application of a pressure difference between a downstream ...