Patent · US Expired

Air bag gas generator

US6053531A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1997
Grant dateApr 25, 2000
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/26029
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

To provide a gas generator for an air bag that is designed to have a sufficient and fix seal at the area where igniting means is installed, with which a housing having a reduced weight is possible, and which manufacture is easy. In a gas generator for an air bag composed to include a housing which has gas discharge ports, igniting means which is activated by an impact, and gas generating means which is ignited by the igniting means and burns and generates a combustion gas, a gas generator for an air bag which is made by having the igniting means provided with a cylindrical collar member used for an attachment on its outer circumference, having the housing provided with an igniting means attaching member that has a cylindrical inner circumferential surface in which the cylindrical collar member fits, having the inner circumferential surface and/or outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical collar member provided with a groove in the circumferential direction, and having the seal member attached by pressing it inside the groove.

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