Gas generator, intended in particular for use with an airbag, with a charge container and a flame guide pipe

US5931496A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• DYNAMIT NOBEL GMBH EXPLOSIVSTOFF-UND SYSTEMTECHNIK · DE

Inventors

• Uwe Brede · Ergolding, DE
• Josef Kraft · Starnberg, DE
• Gerrit Scheiderer · Fürth, DE
• Michael Schmid · Zell am Harmersbach, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 21, 1998
• Grant date: Aug 3, 1999
• Expiry date: Jan 21, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R21/2644
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas generator, particularly for an airbag, is characterized in that the gas-producing material (6) is arranged in a hermetically sealed charge container (9) and that a flame guide tube (10) is arranged in the charge container (9), which flame guide tube is formed in one piece with the charge container (9) and has only one flame outlet aperture (11).