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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1996
Masuo Matsuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Haruyuki Ikesue, Kanagawa, JP;
NSK Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A gas generating device for use in a vehicle in the event of a collision has a hammer pin, a gas generator and a hammer pin trigger device. The gas generator includes a detonator, which is accommodated in a housing for being fired when struck by a hammer pin, and a gas-generating chemical reagent arranged in adjacent to the detonator. In the event of a collision of the vehicle, the hammer pin trigger device causes the hammer pin to strike the detonator. The gas generator has a cover arranged to substantially close an opening in the detonator. The opening faces the hammer pin trigger device. The cover has a hammer pin insertion hole configured to receive the hammer pin. The hammer pin insertion hole of the cover has an inner diameter not greater than 1 mm to prevent leakage of high-temperature and high-pressure gas, which is produced as a result of explosive burning of said gas-generating chemical reagent, to the side of said hammer pin trigger device.