Trw Airbag Systems Gmbh

Gerhard Lindemann

Nils Henning

Torsten Berg

Stefan Köpcke

A hybrid gas generator for use in an occupant restraint system for vehicles comprises a pressure chamber (), a combustion chamber () delimited by a combustion chamber wall () and containing a pyrotechnic charge (), and a passage element () arranged between the pyrotechnic charge and the pressure chamber. For a form-fitting securing of the passage element () on the combustion chamber wall (), the passage element () and the combustion chamber wall () have at least in part a conical shape. On the side facing the pyrotechnic charge (), the passage element () has a collar () which acts as a spacer between the passage element () and the pyrotechnic charge ().

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Munich, Georgia

Gerhard Lindemann