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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 1989
Filed:
May. 04, 1988
Reiner Lenzen, Almont, MI (US);
TRW Vehicle Safety Systems, Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for igniting gas generating material includes a container having ignitable material for igniting the gas generating material upon ignition of the ignitable material. The ignitable material ignites when heated to a predetermined temperature. The ignitable material includes booster material and auto-ignition material which ignites when heated to the predetermined temperature. The ignitable material is a homogeneous mixture of the booster material and the auto-ignition material and has a ratio by weight of the booster material to the auto-ignition material of between 1.25 to 1 and 30 to 1. The booster material is a BKNO.sub.3 based compound and the auto-ignition material is a smokeless powder which ignites at a temperature in the range of 300.degree. F.-400.degree. F.