Igniter kit for motor-vehicle release unit

Abstract

An explosive igniter having firing wires is contained and hermetically sealed in a blister pack.

1 . In combination: 
 an explosive igniter having firing wires; and    a package containing and hermetically sealed around the igniter and its wires.    
   
   
       2 . The combination defined in  claim 1  wherein the package is formed by a base foil formed with a pocket holding the igniter and its wires; and 
 a cover foil sealed to the base foil around the pocket.    
   
   
       3 . The combination defined in  claim 2  wherein the igniter and its wires are secured in the pocket.  
   
   
       4 . The combination defined in  claim 2  wherein the foils form a blister pack.  
   
   
       5 . The combination defined in  claim 2  wherein the base foil is elongated and formed with a row of such pockets each holding a respective igniter and its wires, the cover foil being complementarily elongated and overlying the base foil.  
   
   
       6 . The combination defined in  claim 5  wherein the pockets are spaced sufficiently far apart that explosion of an igniter in one of the pockets will not set off an igniter in an adjacent pocket.  
   
   
       7 . The combination defined in  claim 2  wherein the base foil is plastic.  
   
   
       8 . The combination defined in  claim 7  wherein the cover foil is metal.  
   
   
       9 . The combination defined in  claim 2  wherein one of the foils is metal.  
   
   
       10 . The combination defined in  claim 2  wherein one of the foils is of cellulose or wood.