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US 5,518,054 AGranted
Processing aids for gas generants
AssigneeMorton International, Inc.
InventorsScott C. Mitson, Robert D. Taylor, Thomas M. Deppert, Michael W. Barnes
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Abstract
In a gas generant composition for automotive airbag inflation, a gas generant composition comprises a fuel and an oxidizer the composition includes a metal oxide or metalloid oxide and a processing aid which is a mixture of mica and a salt of a fatty acid.
Claims5
A gas generant comprising
- a) between about 15 and about 70 wt % fuel,
- b) between about 20 and about 80 wt % oxidizer,
- c) at least about 5 wt % of said gas generant composition comprising a metal oxide or metalloid oxide which may either function as an oxidizer and thus be a portion of said oxidizer b) or serve another function, and
- d) between about 0.05 and about 2 wt % of a release aid comprising a mixture of mica and a salt of a fatty acid.
1 more element
A gas generant in accordance with claim i wherein said mica and said salt of a fatty acid are present at ratios of between about 1:4 and about 4:1.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.