A gas generator for a safety device in a vehicle includes a housing and a combustion chamber located inside the housing. A pyrotechnic propellant and at least one filling body are accommodated in the combustion chamber. The filling body is made of a melamine resin foam.

A gas generator for a safety device in a vehicle includes a housing and a combustion chamber located inside the housing. A pyrotechnic propellant and at least one filling body are accommodated in the combustion chamber. The filling body is made of a melamine resin foam.

The present invention provides a gas generator including, an ignition device chamber, a gas inflow chamber, and a pressurized gas chamber being arranged from a first end fixed with an ignition device to a second end opposite thereto in a cylindrical housing, an inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing, from the ignition device chamber to the gas inflow chamber, having a first movement restricting portion, a second movement restricting portion and a stopping portion which are arranged in an axial direction at intervals in the above order so as to protrude, the second movement restricting portion having an ignition device chamber-side surface which is an inclined surface decreasing an inner diameter of the housing from the side of the ignition device chamber to the side of the gas inflow chamber and a gas inflow chamber-side surface whose angle (1) with respect to the cylindrical housing is not more than 90 degrees, so that an axial cross-sectional shape of the second movement restricting portion is a triangle, a breaking device being arranged between the ignition device chamber and the gas inflow chamber and including a base whose outer circumferential surface abuts against an inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing and a distal end having an enlarged-diameter portion, and before actuation, the base being held between the first movement restricting portion and the second movement restricting portion, after actuation, the base being held between the surface of the second movement restricting portion whose angle 1 is not more than 90 degrees and the stopping portion.

The present invention provides a gas generator including, an ignition device chamber, a gas inflow chamber, and a pressurized gas chamber being arranged from a first end fixed with an ignition device to a second end opposite thereto in a cylindrical housing, an inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing, from the ignition device chamber to the gas inflow chamber, having a first movement restricting portion, a second movement restricting portion and a stopping portion which are arranged in an axial direction at intervals in the above order so as to protrude, the second movement restricting portion having an ignition device chamber-side surface which is an inclined surface decreasing an inner diameter of the housing from the side of the ignition device chamber to the side of the gas inflow chamber and a gas inflow chamber-side surface whose angle (1) with respect to the cylindrical housing is not more than 90 degrees, so that an axial cross-sectional shape of the second movement restricting portion is a triangle, a breaking device being arranged between the ignition device chamber and the gas inflow chamber and including a base whose outer circumferential surface abuts against an inner circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical housing and a distal end having an enlarged-diameter portion, and before actuation, the base being held between the first movement restricting portion and the second movement restricting portion, after actuation, the base being held between the surface of the second movement restricting portion whose angle 1 is not more than 90 degrees and the stopping portion.

The present invention provides a gas generator including, in a cylindrical housing, a gas generation chamber accommodating a gas generating agent and an ignition device, the ignition device being disposed at a first end surface of the cylindrical housing, and a second end surface, which is axially opposite to the first end surface, being closed by a closing member, the closing member having a fragile portion formed such that a part thereof is ruptured when the first surface on the side of the gas generation chamber receives a pressure of a gas including a combustion gas, and the ruptured portion is bent and opened to the axially opposite side of the first surface, a gas discharge port for the combustion gas being formed by the ruptured portion which is bent and opened from a surface of a non-ruptured portion after the part of the closing member is ruptured along the fragile portion, a control device restricting an angle between the second surface of the closing member and the bent ruptured portion to be 5 degrees to 85 degrees, the control device being a member which is adjusted to have such a distance that the bent ruptured portion is in contact therewith, or a support portion which is formed to protrude from the second surface of the closing member at a position such as to be in contact with the ruptured portion.

The invention relates to a gas generator (100), especially for a vehicle safety system, comprising an exterior housing (34), an igniter unit (38) having an igniter (42), a combustion chamber (14) having fuel bodies (18, 24), the combustion chamber being arranged axially downstream of the igniter unit (38), at least one filter unit (10) being arranged within the combustion chamber (14), which filter unit (10) divides the combustion chamber (14) along a longitudinal axis (La) of the gas generator (100) into a first combustion chamber portion (15) having a first number of first fuel bodies (18) and at least one additional combustion chamber portion (20) having an additional number of additional fuel bodies (24).

The invention relates to a gas generator (100), especially for a vehicle safety system, comprising an exterior housing (34), an igniter unit (38) having an igniter (42), a combustion chamber (14) having fuel bodies (18, 24), the combustion chamber being arranged axially downstream of the igniter unit (38), at least one filter unit (10) being arranged within the combustion chamber (14), which filter unit (10) divides the combustion chamber (14) along a longitudinal axis (La) of the gas generator (100) into a first combustion chamber portion (15) having a first number of first fuel bodies (18) and at least one additional combustion chamber portion (20) having an additional number of additional fuel bodies (24).

The invention relates to an airbag module for a safety system for vehicle passengers, comprising an airbag, a gas generator (23) and a diffuser (10) with a dome section (11) and at least one retaining section which maintains the airbag in a compressed manner. Said retaining section comprises at least one securing opening in which at least one securing device, in particular a securing bolt, is received. Said securing opening (13) is arranged below the dome section (11).

The present invention provides a gas generator in which an outer container is formed by a pressurized gas bottle and a gas generation chamber housing, and a closing member closes therebetween, a gas inflow chamber formed with a gas discharge port is provided between a gas generation chamber and a pressurized gas chamber, a partition wall provided with a rupturing member separates the gas inflow chamber from the gas generation chamber.

The present invention provides a gas generator in which an outer container is formed by a pressurized gas bottle and a gas generation chamber housing, and a closing member closes therebetween, a gas inflow chamber formed with a gas discharge port is provided between a gas generation chamber and a pressurized gas chamber, a partition wall provided with a rupturing member separates the gas inflow chamber from the gas generation chamber.