Trw Airbag Systems Gmbh

Torsten Berg

Nils Henning

Michael Niehaus

Stefan Köpcke

Bernd Lorbeer

Gerhard Lindemann

A solid propellant compact () in the form of a compact made of a powdered and/or granulated solid propellant, especially for inflators and/or actuators of a vehicle occupant restraint system, includes at least one recess on at least one of its sides. Solid propellant compacts () of this type are provided in an inflator () comprising at least one combustion chamber. A module includes such inflator () with an airbag inflatable by the inflator (). A pyrotechnical drive unit () comprising a housing (), a piston () movable in the housing () includes solid propellant compacts () of this type.

Solid fuel body, gas generator, module having a gas generator, and pyrotechnic drive unit

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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Torsten Berg