Appeal No. 95-0916
Application 07/803,530
DECISION ON APPEAL
Andrew C. Nguyen and Randel L. Hoskins (the appellants)
appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-6, the only claims
present in the application.2
The appellants’ invention pertains to a gas generator
utilized in an automobile air bag inflator. Independent claim
1 is further illustrative of the appealed subject matter and
reads as follows:
1. A gas generator comprising,
a generator housing;
a propellant container disposed internally
of said housing having a plurality of container
apertures therein;
a propellant in said propellant container;
means in said gas generator housing
communicating with said propellant container for
igniting said propellant;
a baffle enclosure disposed about said
propellant container in spaced relation thereto so as
to define a
plenum therebetween, said baffle enclosure having a
plurality of localized baffle apertures for the
discharge of gas therefrom;
2Independent claims 1 and 6 have been amended subsequent
to final rejection.
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