IPR 2016-01794
`American Vehicular Sciences
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`U1 'ITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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`ILAN, RUTH
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`DATE MAILED: 01/31/2005
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`01/11/2002
`10/043,557
`TITLE OF INVENTION: INFLATOR SYSTEM
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`David 3. Breed
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`ATI-290
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`01/1 1/2002
`10/043,557
`TITLE OF INVENTION: INFLATOR SYSTEM
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`David S. Breed
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`ATI-290
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`9120
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`APPLN. TYPE
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`nonprovisional
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`SMALL ENTITY
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`lLAN, RUTH
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`ISSUE FEE
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`David s. Bleed
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`ATl-290
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`l l SUNRISE PLAZA, SUITE 303
`VALLEY STREAM, NY 11580-6170
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`ILAN. RUTH
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`3616
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`DATE MAILED: 01/3 l/2005
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`Determination of Patent Term Adjustment under 35 U.S.C. 154 (b)
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`Application No.
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`Applicant(s)
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`Examiner
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`Ruth Man
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`BREED, DAVID S.
`Art Unit
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`Notice of Allowability
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`-- The MAILING DA TE of this communication appears on the cover sheet with the correspondence address--
`All claims being allowable, PROSECUTION ON THE MERITS IS (OR REMAINS) CLOSED in this application.
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`NOTICE OF ALLOWABILITY IS NOT A GRANT OF PATENT RIGHTS. This application is subject to withdrawal from issue at the initiative
`of the Office or upon petition by the applicant. See 37 CFR 1.313 and MPEP 1308.
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`4. E] Acknowledgment is made ofa claim for foreign priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(a)-(d) or (f).
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`1. X This communication is responsive to the amendment of 10/01/04.
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`3. X The drawings filed on 11 January 2002 are accepted by the Examiner.
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`7. D DEPOSIT OF and/or INFORMATION about the deposit of BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL must be submitted. Note the
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`Application/Control Number: 10/043,557
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`EXAMINER’S AMENDMENT
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`An examiner’s amendment to the record appears below. Should the changes
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`and/or additions be unacceptable to applicant, an amendment may be filed as provided
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`by 37 CFR 1.312. To ensure consideration of such an amendment, it MUST be
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`submitted no later than the payment of the issue fee.
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`Authorization for this examiner’s amendment was given in a telephone interview
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`with Mr. Brian Roffe on December 27, 2004.
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`The application has been amended as follows:
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`Claims 52 and 53 have been cancelled.
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`Any inquiry concerning this communication or earlier communications from the
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`examiner should be directed to Ruth llan whose telephone number is 703-306-5956.
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`The examiner can normally be reached on Monday—Friday, 8:30-5:00. If attempts to
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`Dickson can be reached on 703-308-2089. The fax phone number for the organization
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`where this application or proceeding is assigned is 703-872-9306. Information regarding
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` Examiner: llan, Ruth
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`AW
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`Attorney Docket No. ATl-290
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Art Unit: 3616
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`Re:
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`Application of:
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`David S. Breed et al.
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`Serial No.:
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`10/043,557
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`Filed:
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`For:
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`January I l, 2002
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`Inflator System
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`Confirmation No.:
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`Customer Number:
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`9120
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`22846
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`AMENDMENT
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`Mail Stop With Fee Amendment
`Commissioner for Patents
`PO. Box 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Dear Sir:
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`1
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`September 29, 2004
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`In response to the Office Action dated June 29, 2004 which set a three-month shortened statutory
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`period for reply expiring on September 29, 2004, please amend the above-identified application as
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`follows.
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`Amendments to the Claims are reflected in the listing of claims which begins on page 2 of this
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`amendment.
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`Remarks/Argument begin on page 14 of this amendment.
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`FIRST CLASS MAIL CERTIFICATION
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`I hereby certify that this correspondence and/or fee
`is being deposited with the United States Postal
`Service as first class mail in an envelope addressed
`to the “Commissioner for Patents, PO. Box I450,
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`Alexam I
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`Brian R e
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`50”onSeptember29,2004.
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`Amdt. dated Sep. 29, 2004
`Reply to Office Action of Jun. 29, 2004
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`AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS
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`Please replace the previous listing of claims with the following listing of claims.
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`Listing of Claims
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`1.
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`(Currently Amended) An inflator module for inflating an airbag with gas, comprising:
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`an elongate housing including a bottom wall, a top wall defining an opening through which gas
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`flows to inflate the airbag and side walls connected to said bottom and top walls to thereby define a
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`reaction chamber between said bottom wall, said top wall and said side walls; and
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`propellant extending longitudinally in said housing and generating gas when burning ;—an€l—a
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` ’ , said propellant being spaced apart
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`from said top wall to define an unoccupied subchamber between said top wall and said propellant, said
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`subchamber being a portion of said reaction chamber.
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`2.
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`(Original)
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`The inflator module of claim 1, wherein said propellant has a
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`substantially uniform cross-sectional shape in a longitudinal direction of said propellant.
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`3.
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`(Original)
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`The inflator module of claim 1, wherein said propellant has a length in
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`the longitudinal direction exceeding ten times a width or thickness of said propellant in a direction
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`transverse to the longitudinal direction.
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`4.
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`(Currently Amended) The inflator module of claim 1,
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`-- ' :.; further comprisingacoating coated on said
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`propellant and comprising igniter material, said subchamber being situated between said top wall and
`said coating.
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`5.
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`(Currently Amended) The inflator module of claim [[4]] 1, wherein said opening is
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`elongate and oriented in the same direction as said propellant.
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`6.
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`(Currently Amended) The inflator module of claim 4, further comprising an elongate
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`screen arranged adjacent said opening and opposite said coating such that said screen faces said coating,
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`said subchamber being situated
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`between said screen and said
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`propel-lam coating .
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`7.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The inflator module of claim [[1]] 3, wherein said coating is
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`substantially coextensive with said propellant in a longitudinal direction such that upon ignition of said
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`igniter material, said prOpellant begins to burn across its entire length.
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`8.
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`(Previously Presented) The inflator module of claim 7, wherein said coating is arranged
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`on portions of said propellant not in contact with said housing such that said propellant is completely
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`enclosed by said housing and said coating.
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`9.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The inflator module of claim 7, wherein said heusing—ineludes
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`- bottom wall is elongate wall—opposite
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`said—opening, said propellant being affixed to said bottom wall and said coating being arranged between
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`said propellant and said opening top wall such that upon ignition of said igniter material, said propellant
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`burns in a direction toward said bottom wall.
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`10.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The inflator module of claim [[1]] fl, wherein said coating is
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`arranged on portions of said propellant not in contact with said housing such that said propellant is ~
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`completely enclosed by said housing and said coating.
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`1 1.
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`(Previously Presented) The inflator module of claim 10, wherein said propellant extends
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`in a longitudinal direction of said housing, said coating being substantially coextensive with said
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`propellant such that upon ignition of said igniter material, said propellant begins to burn across its entire
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`length.
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`12.
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`(Previously Presented) The inflator module of claim 10, wherein said propellant and
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`said coating have a length in the longitudinal direction exceeding ten times a width or thickness of said
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`propellant and said coating in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction.
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`13.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The inflator module of claim 10,
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`further comprising an elongate screen arranged
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`adjacent said opening and opposite said coating such that said screen faces said coating, said subchamber
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`being situated
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`between said screen and said propel-lam coating.
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`14.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The inflator module of claim 13, wherein
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`coating being i_s arranged between said propellant and said opening top wall such that upon ignition of
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`said igniter material,‘said propellant burns in a direction toward said bottom wall. I
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`said propellantbeing i_s affixed to said bottom wall and said
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`15.
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`(Currently Amended) An inflator system arranged in a vehicle for inflating an airbag,
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`comprising:
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`an elongate housing including a bottom wall, a top wall defining an opening through which gas
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`flows to inflate the airbag and side walls connected to said bottom and top walls to thereby define a
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`reaction chamber between said bottom wall, said top wall and said side walls;
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`an elongate mass of propellant; and
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`a layer of igniter material coated on said propellant and being substantially coextensive with said
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`propellant in a longitudinal direction such that upon ignition of said igniter material, said propellant
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`begins to burn across its entire length, said igniter material layer being spaced apart from said top wall to
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`define an unoccupied subchamber between said top wall and said igniter material layer, said subchamber
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`being a portion of said reaction chamber.
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`16.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`In a vehicle having a passenger compartment, an airbag module
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`to protect an occupant in the passenger compartment in the event of a crash of the vehicle, the module
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`comprising:
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`an airbag housing;
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`at least one airbag situated in said airbag housing;
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`an inflator module arranged in said airbag housing for inflating said at least one airbag, said
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`infiator module comprising an elongate inflator housing including a bottom wall, a top wall defining an
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`opening through which gas flows to inflate said at least one airbag and side walls connected to said
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`bottom and top walls to thereby define a reaction chamber between said bottom wall, said top wall and
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`said side walls and [[;]] propellant extending longitudinally in said infiator housing and generating gas
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`when burning ; . .
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`, said propellant
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`being spaced apart from said top wall to define an unoccupied subchamber between said top wall and
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`said propellant, said subchamber being a portion of said reaction chamber;
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`an initiator for initiating said inflator module to produce gas in response to the crash of the
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`vehicle; and
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`a cover for releasany retaining said at least one airbag in said airbag housing.
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`17.
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`(Original)
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`The module of claim 16, wherein said propellant has a substantially
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`' uniform cross-sectional shape in a longitudinal direction of said propellant. _
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`18.
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`(Currently Amended) The module of claim 16,
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`on said propellant and comprising igniter material, said subchamber being arranged between said top
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`wall and said coating.
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`19.
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`(Currently Amended) The module of claim [[18]] E, wherein said opening is elongate
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`and oriented in the same direction as said propellant.
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`20.
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`(Currently Amended) The module of claim [[19]] fl, further comprising an elongate
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`screen arranged adjacent said opening and opposite said coating such that said screen faces said coating,
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`said subchamber being situated
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`said propellant coating.
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`between said screen and
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`21.
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`(Currently Amended) The module of claim [[16]] Q, wherein said coating is
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`substantially coextensive with said propellant in a longitudinal direction such that upon ignition of said
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`igniter material, said propellant begins to burn across its entire length.
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`22.
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`(Previously Presented) The module of claim 21, wherein said coating is arranged on
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`portions of said propellant not
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`in contact with said inflator housing such that said propellant
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`is
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`completely enclosed by said inflator housing and said coating.
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`23.
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`(Currently Amended) The module of claim 21, wherein
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`coating being i_s arranged between said propellant and said opening top wall such that upon ignition of
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`said igniter material, said propellant burns in a direction toward said bottom wall.
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`said propellant being i_s affixed to said bottom wall and said
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`24.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The module of claim [[16]] l_§, wherein said coating is arranged
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`on portions of said propellant not in contact with said inflator housing such that said propellant is
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`completely enclosed by said inflator housing and said coating.
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`25.
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`(Previously Presented) The module of claim 24, wherein said propellant extends in a
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`longitudinal direction of said inflator housing, said coating being substantially coextensive with said
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`propellant such that upon ignition of said igniter material, said propellant begins to burn across its entire
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`length.
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`26.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`The module of claim 24,
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` =-- :-:.=.-- i . :. , further comprising an elongate
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`screen arranged adjacent said opening and opposite said coating such that said screen faces said coating,
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`said subchamber being situated
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`said prepeilant coating.
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`between said screen and
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`27.
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`(Currently Amended) The module of claim 26, wherein
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`being is arranged between said propellant and said opening top wall such that upon ignition of said
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`igniter material, said propellant burns in a direction toward said bottom wall.
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`said propellant being i_s affixed to said wall and said coating
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`28.
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`(Currently Amended)
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`In a vehicle having a passenger compartment, an airbag module
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`to protect an occupant in the passenger compartment in the event of a crash of the vehicle, the module
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`comprising:
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`an airbag housing;
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`at least one airbag situated in said airbag housing;
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`an inflator system arranged in said airbag housing for inflating said at least one airbag, said
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`inflator system comprising an elongate housing including a bottom wall, a top wall defining an opening
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`through which gas flows to inflate said at least one airbag and side walls connected to said bottom and
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`top walls to thereby define a reaction chamber between said bottom wall, said top wall and said side
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`walls;
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`an elongate mass of propellant; and
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`a layer of igniter material coated on said propellant and being substantially coextensive with said
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`propellant in a longitudinal direction such that upon ignition of said igniter material, said propellant
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`begins to burn across its entire length, said igniter material layer being spaced apart from said top wall to
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`define an unoccupied subchamber between said top wall and said igniter material layer, said subchamber
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`being a portion of said reaction chamber;
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`an initiator for initiating said inflator system to produce gas in response to the crash o