Gas-producing material

US5466313A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Dynamit Nobel GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Brede · Ergolding, DE
• Rainer Hagel · Erlangen, DE
• Klaus Redecker · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 4, 1994
• Grant date: Nov 14, 1995
• Expiry date: Feb 4, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C06D5/08
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A gas-producing material for a gas generator, particularly for a belt tightener or for an inflatable impact cushion (airbag) to protect motor vehicle occupants, containing a liquefied gas mixture in which the liquefied gas components consist of a mixture of one or more ethers, olefins, ammonia or hydrogen and nitrous oxide (N.sub.2 O).