Claims
- 1. A method of improving inflation of an airbag comprising the steps of:
igniting a gas generant composition within a gas generator to form combustion products; at least substantially filtering the combustion products to form filtered combustion products; humidifying the filtered combustion products to form humidified filtered combustion products; and routing the humidified filtered combustion products into the airbag.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said humidifying step comprises passing the filtered combustion products over a bed of hydrated gelatin to form humidified filtered combustion products.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein said humidifying step comprises routing the filtered combustion products into an airbag coated with gelatin to form humidified filtered combustion products.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application is a continuation of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 09/777,389 filed on Feb. 5, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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Date |
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60180230 |
Feb 2000 |
US |
Continuations (1)
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09777389 |
Feb 2001 |
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10762709 |
Jan 2004 |
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