B18EG6

Hello-

I figured I would ask here. Does anyone know exactly HOW the airbag is inflated? Does it have a small co2 cylinder in there than gets punctured?

if you know ANY info, please tell me. Id like to employ this system in something else but would like to know before I go ripping junked airbags apart.

B18EG6

up again.

do these use a solenoid actuator or a soled propellant to pierce the CO2 cylinder?


edit - do ANY airbag deployments use solenoid actuators?


Modified by B18EG6 at 1:10 AM 12/20/2004

B18EG6

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Archidictus

******* google it.

Cray91

what are you trying to do with it?? You can just put a battery on the bag contacts and blow it yourself.

it is a small explosive that goes off to make it inflate.

Your question is confusing, you ask what inflates it, then you seem to ask how it is triggered.

I also asy google it or ask someone with some time to walk ya through it.

ScoobCivic

from what i remember it uses some sort of explosive powder similar to gun powder. it gets ignited by an electrical pulse

saw it on history channel a while ago

-J

B18EG6

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sorry, though i would ask here first.

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it is a small explosive that goes off to make it inflate.

Your question is confusing, you ask what inflates it, then you seem to ask how it is triggered.

I also asy google it or ask someone with some time to walk ya through it.
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I dont have a spare airbag, nor do i want to destroy one... those things festh some $$$ if they are in tact

I was asking if a solid propellant forces a piston to pierce the co2 caretidge, or if a mechanical solenoid without any solid propellant forces a piston to pierce the co2 cartridge.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ScoobCivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">from what i remember it uses some sort of explosive powder similar to gun powder. it gets ignited by an electrical pulse
saw it on history channel a while ago

-J

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Thank you. Did it happen to mention if any older model cars used a non pyrotechnic system?

ScoobCivic

i know the one in my ej(94 dx) is a solid propellent.....the same in VW also

those things open with force, be careful what u do with it, we tested one in UTI and that thing blasted up to 10 feet

JDMlyfestyle

basically its a 1/4 stick of dynamite that ignites by an electrical pulse. Wear ear protection and stand far away. ive been hit with a air bag in my 1990 Acura Legend and i couldnt hear for 2 days and my face hurt for weeks

eriknn

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/airbag.htm