Trw Airbag Systems Gmbh

Stefan Labitzke

Karl Englbrecht

Helmut Pritz

Michael Gabler

Johann Seidl

Daniel Kraus

Thomas Nobach

A gas generator for a vehicle occupant restraint system a rigid outer housing (), a chamber () formed in the outer housing (), in which a compressed gas is present at least upon activation of the gas generator (), a component immovable () relative to the outer housing (12), at least one outflow opening () formed in the immovable component (), and a least one resilient element (), which is clamped inside the outer housing () and rests against the immovable component () at least in its normal position. In its normal position, the resilient element () closes a flow path between the chamber () and external surroundings of the gas generator () and is deformed elastically under the influence of compressed gas, whereby it clears a flow cross-section () whose size is increasing with increasing pressure.

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Rostock, Germany

Stefan Labitzke