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Air bag gas generator and air bag apparatus

US6460884B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 20, 2000
Grant dateOct 8, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2021/2648
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A gas generator for an air bag system has, in a housing provided with a gas discharge port, igniters activated upon an impact, and gas generating agents ignited and burnt by the igniters and generate a combustion gas for inflating an air bag, and two combustion chambers storing the gas generating agents. The combustion chambers are concentrically provided so as to be adjacent to each other in the radial direction of the housing, and a communicating hole which allows communication between the combustion chambers is provided, in the housing. The gas generator also has two igniters, two different gas generating agents, a connector having a lead wire, a combustion chamber, igniters provided in an inner cylindrical member, and an automatic ignition member, which can effectively restrain an occupant.

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