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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
May. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Timothy A Swann, Schwaebisch Gmuend, DE;
Eldron L Boehmer, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
149 16 ; 149 14 ; 149 15 ; 149 35 ;
Abstract
The present invention resides in a body of material which is ignitable to generate a gas for inflating an air bag. The body of material comprises at least two layers of ignitable gas generating material which are pressed together. One of the layers comprises a nitrogen generating composition which is easily ignited and burns rapidly. The other of the layers comprises a nitrogen generating composition which is less easily ignited and burns less rapidly than the one layer.