Gas generator
AssigneeAutoliv Development AB
InventorTorbjorn Skanberg
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Abstract
A gas generator for generating gas for use in a vehicle safety device includes a pressure vessel containing a compressed gas including at least one oxidizing component, the pressure vessel having defined therein at least one opening which is normally closed and means to open the at least one opening in response to a signal including a duct leading from the at least one opening towards an outlet that communicates with the safety device, and a solid fuel located within the duct arranged to be oxidized with the oxidizing gas when the oxidizing gas passes through the duct after the opening has been opened, the solid fuel being in the form of a structure that is restrained within the duct.
Claims22
A gas generator for generating gas for use in a vehicle safety device, comprising:
- a pressure vessel containing a compressed gas including at least one oxidizing gas, the pressure vessel having defined therein at least one opening which is normally closed;
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- means to open the at least one opening in response to a signal including (a) a duct leading from the at least one opening towards an outlet for communicating with a vehicle safety device, and (b) a solid fuel located within the duct arranged to be oxidized with the at least one oxidizing gas when the at least one oxidizing gas passes through the duct after the opening has been opened, the solid fuel being in the form of a structure that is restrained within the duct.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.