Breed Automotive Technology, Inc.

Cezary Grzelczyk

Raul Rosales Cabrera

J B Canterberry

Coodly P Ramaswamy

The autoignition compositions of the present invention ignites in the temperature range of 120&deg; C. to 160&deg; C. The autoignition compositions are thermally stable at 107&deg; C. for 400 hours and are thermally stable during thermal cycling. The preferred composition for the autoignition composition comprises equal weight percentages of the following chemicals: nitroguanidine, Sb S , and AgNO . An ignition temperature adjuster selected from the group consisting of teflon powder, graphite powder, ammonium perchlorate, MoS , and FeS can be added to the preferred autoignition composition.

Low temperature autoignition material

The present invention relates to an inflator for a vehicle airbag employing non-azide gas generants. The invention also relates to a new filter system for airbag inflators. The filter is a metal ribbon coiled within the inflator house. The metal ribbon comprises at least one segment of apertures and a segment of expanded metal.

Inflator for use with gas generant compositions containing guanidines

The present invention relates to improved non-azide gas generants and methods for their manufacture for use in an automobile gas bag system. This discovery overcomes the problems of moisture and thermal cycling in a non-azide gas generant pellet through the use of at least two fuels selected from guanidine nitrate, nitroguanidine, triaminoguanidine nitrate, diaminoguanidine nitrate and monoguanidine nitrate and an oxidizer system comprising mixtures of strontium nitrate, sodium nitrate and ammonium perchlorate.

Gas generant compositions containing guanidines

A solid composition for generating gases when ignited is a combination 5-aminotetrazole and at least two oxidizers selected from the group consisting of potassium nitrate, potassium per-chlorate, ferric oxide, copper oxide and manganese dioxide.

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Lakeland, FL, United States of America

Cezary Grzelczyk