Gas generating material for a vehicle occupant protection apparatus
AssigneesTRW Inc., TRW Vehicle Safety Systems Inc.
InventorsHarold R. Blomquist, Douglas P. Campbell, Peter Staudhammer
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a vehicle occupant protection device and a gas generating material, which, when ignited, produces gas to actuate the vehicle occupant protection device. The gas generating material comprises a cubane compound having the general formula: wherein R is selected from the group consisting of H and NO2.
Claims8
An apparatus comprising a vehicle occupant protection device and a gas generating material which when ignited produces gas to actuate said vehicle occupant protection device, said gas generating material comprising an oxidizer and a cubane compound having the general formula:
- wherein at least one R is NO2, the remaining Rs being selected from the group consisting of H and NO2.
An apparatus comprising an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device and a gas generating material which when ignited produces gas to inflate said inflatable vehicle occupant protection device, said gas generating material comprising by weight of the gas generating material about 15% to about 45% of a cubane compound having the general formula:
- wherein at least one R is NO2, the remaining Rs being selected from the group consisting of H and NO2 and about 55% to about 85% of an oxidizer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.