Trw Airbag Systems Gmbh

Simon Schreiber

Karsten Schwuchow

Werner Zengerle

Josef Leitl

Juergen Klimas

A filter for use in a gas generator of a safety arrangement in vehicles, has several layers of a woven metal fabric consisting of metal wires which are woven together. The woven metal fabric is preferably calendered, wound to form a roll, and pressed to form said filter.

Filter for use in a gas generator

A gas generator, particularly for a vehicle occupant restraint system, has at least one igniter (), a pyrotechnic solid propellant bed (), a combustion chamber () containing the propellant bed () and at least one wall part (), the wall part () being arranged in the combustion chamber (), which is moved by a gas stream generated on activation of the gas generator into the region of the propellant bed () which is not yet ignited, and in its interior () defines a gas-directing channel reaching into the propellant bed ().

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Wasserburg am Inn, Germany

Simon Schreiber