Protection system for use with airbag inflators and initiators

摘要

An inflator assembly includes an inflator housing and an initiator (12) attached to the inflator housing. A varistor (58) is associated with the initiator and may be spaced apart from a surface (68) of the inflator housing to define a first spark gap (74) between the varistor (58) and the surface (68) of the inflator housing.