Gas generator

US6079740A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• TRW Airbag Systems GmbH & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Barth · Darmstadt, DE
• Achim Hofmann · Polling, DE
• Markus Leifheit · Markt Indersdorf, DE
• Josef Werneth · Ampfing, DE
• Anja Esau · Mühldorf a. Inn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 3, 1998
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 3, 2018

Classification

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

Abstract

A gas generator, in particular for vehicle occupant restraint systems, with at least one combustion chamber containing propellant, and with at least one igniter arranged close to the propellant, for igniting the propellant is characterized in that the combustion chamber is separated from the igniter by an expansion chamber surrounding the igniter and provided for the gas developing on deflagration of the ignition material.