Autoliv Asp, Incorporated

Nof Corporation

Nippon Oil Fats Co., Ltd.

Futaba Corporation

Kajima Corporation

Nippon Oil and Fats Company, Limited and Kajima Corporation

Yoji Tasaki

Jianlin Chen

Katsuhide Hattori

Koichi Kurokawa

Satoshi Hikone

Atsuhiro Arai

Ryutaro Shiraishi

Mikio Takano

Kazuhito Watanabe

Michihiro Takayasu

Krista Nash

Kohichi Shimazaki

Koji Saiki

Motoyuki Amano

Toshikazu Miyajima

Akinori Sakamoto

Toshifumi Sato

Casey Jenkins

Katsura Ogasawara

Shinya Tanaka

Mitsuharu Nakamura

Akihiro Tanaka

A wireless detonator () includes a detonation side receiving antenna (), a detonation side transmitting antenna (), an initiator () and a detonation side electronic circuit. The detonation side receiving antenna () receives energy for driving the detonation side electronic circuit, a control signal and an initiation signal. The detonation side electronic circuit receives the energy, the control signal and the initiation signal via the detonation side receiving antenna (), transmits a response signal via the detonation side transmitting antenna () and ignites the initiator () in accordance with the initiation signal. A response frequency of the response signal is set to be greater than or equal to 100 MHz and less than or equal to 1 GHz.

Wireless detonator, wireless detonation system, and wireless detonation method

A wireless detonator is provided with: a detonation part; a control part for igniting the detonation part, the control part being connected to the detonation part; a tube for accommodating the detonation part and the control part; and a detonation-side antenna used by the control part for wireless communication and capable of being used for sending and receiving without separately having a transmission-only antenna and a reception-only antenna; the detonation-side antenna being a soft magnetic body coil antenna, and the control part receiving, via the detonation-side antenna, a transmission signal at an operating frequency of 100-500 KHz.

Wireless detonation system, wireless detonation method, and detonator and explosive unit used in same

A small, lightweight, and inexpensive gas generator for an airbag device. The gas generator for an airbag device according to the present invention includes: a deployment activating initiator that accommodates a predetermined amount of ignition powder and is activated by an impact on a vehicle; a main gas generating agent that generates a main gas for inflating an airbag when burned; a main gas generation chamber that accommodates the main gas generating agent; a secondary gas generation chamber that is provided in an interior of the main gas generation chamber and accommodates the initiator; and a secondary gas generating agent accommodated in the secondary gas generation chamber.

Gas generator for airbag device

An airbag inflator in which a pressure vessel constituted by a base and a diffuser accommodates an igniter, a gas generating agent, a filter, and an inner cover that covers the gas generating agent and includes a bent portion that contacts an inner wall of the filter. The filter has a layered structure constituted by an inner filter and a wire mesh outer filter. The inner filter is of a cylindrical shape, in which upper and lower end portions are formed in a tapered shape that decreases in height toward an outer peripheral side. The wire mesh outer filter is fitted over an outer peripheral surface of the inner filter, excluding at least the respective end portions formed in the tapered shape, and has a slightly larger outer diameter than an inner diameter of the base. The filter is press-fitted into the base. Thus, the filter can be incorporated into the base easily. Further, close contact with the inner cover can be maintained when the diffuser and the base are integrated by welding.

Airbag inflator

An inflator includes a plate-like retainer that is placed in a pressure container of the inflator for producing gas to be supplied to an airbag. At the center of the inflator is formed a fitting section fitted to a tube placed in the pressure container. The tube separates an ignition source and a gas generation agent. At least one pressure release hole is provided on the outer side of the outer periphery of the fitting section. The retainer has a step formed at a portion where the outer periphery of the retainer is in contact with the filter. The retainer and inflator may have simple structures not affecting productivity and reliably preventing gas leakage between the retainer and a filter.

Retainer and inflator

An airbag device may include a gas generator comprising: an initiator that is activated by an impact on a vehicle; an ignition agent that is ignited by the initiator; an ignition agent housing chamber that houses the ignition agent; a gas generating agent that is ignited and burned by the ignition agent; and a combustion chamber housing the gas generating agent. An airbag may be inflated by a gas generated by the combustion of the gas generating agent. Further, the ignition agent housing chamber is only partially filled with the ignition agent, thereby forming a space in the ignition agent housing chamber that is not filled with the ignition agent.

Air bag apparatus and gas generator for the same

An inflator includes a plate-like retainer that is placed in a pressure container of the inflator for producing gas to be supplied to an airbag. At the center of inflator is formed a fitting section fitted to a tube placed in the pressure container. The tube separates an ignition source and a gas generation agent. At least one pressure release hole is provided on the outer side of the outer periphery of the fitting section. The retainer has a step formed at a portion where the outer periphery of the retainer is in contact with the filter. The retainer and inflator may have simple structures not affecting productivity and reliably preventing gas leakage between the retainer and a filter.

An excellent water in oil type emulsion explosive having both of a superior handling property and a good aging initiating sensitivity at low temperatures and at small calibers, is provided by using a specific low molecular weight polyethylene as the carbonaceous fuel in the emulsion explosive.

Water in oil type emulsion explosive

A laser beam-detonatable blasting cap containing secondary explosives charged therein in the upper and lower portions, wherein the explosive charged in the upper portion contains a laser beam-absorbing black material and is contacted with an optical fiber at the top. The loading density of the explosive charged in the lower portion is higher than that of the explosive charged in the higher portion, and only the side of the explosive charged in the upper portion is surrounded with a restraining wall. The blasting cap can be easily and surely detonated by a laser beam having a low peak output power generated by means of a pulse-oscillation system without using Q-switching or a continous oscillation system.

Laser beam-detonatable blasting cap

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Aichi, Japan

Yoji Tasaki