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Gas generator and airbag module

US8091921B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Juergen Heigl · Bobingen, DE
Gerd Zischka · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 2007
Grant date	Jan 10, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 29, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R21/232
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gas generator has an outer housing with a gas outlet section having an outer wall. The gas outlet section has a first and a second outflow area. Each outflow area has a net thrust outflow direction. The net thrust outflow direction of the first outflow area has a first component in the lengthwise direction of the gas generator and the net thrust outflow direction of the second outflow area has a second component in the lengthwise direction of the gas generator. The first component is oriented opposite to the second component. The gas generator is arranged in an airbag module in a way that gas from the first and second outflow areas is guided into different inflatable sections of a gas bag.

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