Housing for a gas generator

US5000479A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYERN-CHEMIE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR FLUGCHEMISCHE ANTRIEBE MBH · DE

Inventors

• Bernd Werner · Kamp-Lintfort, DE
• Karl E. Nilsson · Ottobrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 21, 1989
• Grant date: Mar 19, 1991
• Expiry date: Sep 21, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/261
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A housing for a gas generator for inflating a safety bag in a passenger vehicle is constructed of modular units preferably having a tubular or cylindrical tubular configuration. At least one combustion chamber and one filter casing are joined to each other so that the longitudinal axes of the units align with each other longitudinally. An axially facing gas exit from the combustion chamber into the filter casing provides an initially axial gas flow which is then diverted radially outwardly from the filter casing into the safety bag.