Appeal No. 96-3158
Application 08/065,857
means (3) for initiating ignition of the solid fuel charge,
evaluating means and triggering means (on chip 2) for
activating the electronic ignition means, and “a closed second
housing [1] defining a vessel which is separate from said
first housing,” with the closed second housing having
incorporated therein the electronic ignition means, the
evaluating means and the triggering means. Claim 1 also sets
forth that the closed second housing includes “a portion [5]
which makes contact with said first housing, positioning said
ignition means adjacent to said charge in said first housing.”
Independent claim 9 defines appellants’ passenger restraint
system in somewhat different terms as comprising an electrical
trigger and a sensor device incorporated into “a single
housing [1] to form a closed integral unit,” with said closed
integral unit including “an extending cylindrical portion”
(5). The system of claim 9 also includes a gas generator
housing (7) defining “a closed unit,” which closed unit is
said to be separate from said closed integral unit and is
recited as including a recess (8) therein. Claim 9 goes on to
set forth that said closed integral unit is
“functionally connected to said gas generator
with said extending cylindrical portion extending
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