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Gas generator

US6205928A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 30, 1999
Grant dateMar 27, 2001
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Expiry dateJun 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01J7/00
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a gas generator, comprising a first gas-generating stage and at least one gas-generating stage arranged downstream of the first stage, and also comprising a device for detecting a pressure change in the gas generator, wherein the device for detecting the pressure change comprises a chamber divided by a movable part into two partial chambers which are gas-tight with respect to each other, the partial chambers having openings which are in flow connection with the first stage and each have different cross-sectional areas, so that the pressure change spreads at different speeds in the two partial chambers and brings about a movement of the movable part, and the movable part being connected with a movement meter, which due to the movement of the movable part generates an electrical impulse to activate the second stage.

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