In various implementations, a self-coupling initiator includes one or more integrated features that allow the initiator to be installed within a housing tube without a forming or fastening operation. For example, in some implementations, the integrated features are able to be coupled to a drop protection cap. The drop protection cap extends around at least a portion of a head portion of the initiator and abuts the structure of the outer housing so that force imparted on the drop protection cap from a drop test is transferred to a direct compression load on the cap and housing, instead of the force being transferred to the initiator. In addition, in some implementations, the initiator may include one or more clip features that allow the initiator to clip into the housing. In such embodiments, the drop protection cap may also prevent the clips from being disengaged with the housing.

The present invention provides a gas generator, including:

an ignition device being disposed at a first end of a cylindrical housing main body portion, a diffuser portion being provided with a gas discharge port and closing a second end thereof which is axially opposite to the first end;

a combustion chamber being present in an internal space of the cylindrical housing main body portion;

a cup-shaped member partitioning the combustion chamber and the diffuser portion,

a bottom surface and an opening of the cup-shaped member being located on the side of the first end and the second end of the cylindrical housing main body portion respectively, and

a first gap being formed between the circumferential wall of the cup-shaped member and an inner wall surface of the cylindrical housing main body portion;

a cylindrical filter being disposed in a space surrounded by the cup-shaped member and the diffuser portion, and

a first end surface of the cylindrical filter being abutted against the bottom surface of the cup-shaped member, and a second end surface thereof on the opposite side being abutted against a closed end surface of the diffuser portion; and

the communication hole of the cup-shaped member being formed at a position closer to the first end surface of the cylindrical filter to face the first gap, and the gas discharge port of the diffuser portion being formed closer to the second end surface of the cylindrical filter.

The invention relates to a gas generator (10), in particular for a vehicle occupant protection system, comprising at least an igniter (15) and a combustion chamber (17) containing a pyrotechnic solid fuel bed (18), wherein a spring (30) is arranged in the combustion chamber (17), which spring can be elongated in the direction of an end (22) of the combustion chamber (17) remote from the igniter (16) by a gas flow produced when the gas generator (10) is activated. According to the invention, the spring (30) has a plurality of spring segments (31, 32, 33) having outside diameters (Q1, Q2, Q3) of different size

An integral ignition structure and a compressed-gas-type fuel gas generator are provided. The integral ignition structure comprises an ignition box, an igniter, and an end cover, wherein the ignition box is open at one end, and has a closed end and an open end opposite to each other; the igniter is provided at the closed end; and the end cover is provided at the open end, and is arranged to form, together with the ignition box, an ignition chamber, wherein at least one flow-through hole for communicating with the ignition chamber is formed in the end cover, an ignition composition is provided in the ignition chamber, the igniter is configured to ignite the ignition composition and generate an inflation gas, and the end cover is further configured to be plastically deformed under effect of a pressure of the inflation gas, so as to increase a volume of the ignition chamber.

The present disclosure relates to a gas generator comprising a housing, an igniter and a pyrotechnic charge via which gas for filling a gasbag can be provided, wherein the gas generator is free from stored pressurized gas in the idle state, characterized in that each possible diffusion path out of the internal chamber of the housing is sealed relative to the environment of the gas generator by means of a weld seam. The present disclosure also relates to a method for leak testing a pyrotechnic gas generator of this type, wherein, before the gas generator is welded against diffusion, a test amount of helium is introduced into the housing and, in a subsequent leak testing step, a measurement is carried out to determine whether helium is passing out of the housing.

A gas generator includes an igniter, a partition member that axially partitions a space in the inside of a housing into a gas generating agent accommodation chamber and a filter chamber, and a gas generating agent and a coil spring accommodated in the gas generating agent accommodation chamber. The coil spring is interposed between the partition member and the gas generating agent and fixes the gas generating agent while it keeps the gas generating agent away from the partition member. V1 represents a volume of the gas generating agent accommodation chamber and V2 represents a volume of a non-filled space which is a space where the gas generating agent is not arranged in the inside of the gas generating agent accommodation chamber as a result of arrangement of the coil spring, where V1 and V2 satisfy a condition of 0.05V2/V10.32.

An integral ignition structure and a compressed-gas-type fuel gas generator are provided. The integral ignition structure comprises an ignition box, an igniter, and an end cover, wherein the ignition box is open at one end, and has a closed end and an open end opposite to each other; the igniter is provided at the closed end; and the end cover is provided at the open end, and is arranged to form, together with the ignition box, an ignition chamber, wherein at least one flow-through hole for communicating with the ignition chamber is formed in the end cover, an ignition composition is provided in the ignition chamber, the igniter is configured to ignite the ignition composition and generate an inflation gas, and the end cover is further configured to be plastically deformed under effect of a pressure of the inflation gas, so as to increase a volume of the ignition chamber.

Airbag cushions and related assemblies configured to accept side-mounting of airbag inflators and/or otherwise accommodate narrowing of an airbag module width. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an inflator housing defining a plenum. An airbag cushion may be fluidly coupled with the plenum and/or inflator housing and may define a throat region. A disk inflator may be coupled to the housing in a side-mounted configuration such that inflation gases from the disk inflator are configured to enter the plenum and then be directed into the airbag cushion via the throat region.

Airbag cushions and related assemblies configured to accept side-mounting of airbag inflators and/or otherwise accommodate narrowing of an airbag module width. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an inflator housing defining a plenum. An airbag cushion may be fluidly coupled with the plenum and/or inflator housing and may define a throat region. A disk inflator may be coupled to the housing in a side-mounted configuration such that inflation gases from the disk inflator are configured to enter the plenum and then be directed into the airbag cushion via the throat region.

Airbag cushions and related assemblies configured to accept side-mounting of airbag inflators and/or otherwise accommodate narrowing of an airbag module width. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise an inflator housing defining a first chamber and a second chamber. An airbag cushion may be fluidly coupled with the inflator housing. An inflator may be coupled to the housing in a side-mounted configuration such that inflation gases from the inflator are configured to enter the first chamber, diffuse the inflation gas into the second chamber, and direct the inflation gas into the airbag cushion.