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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ron J Butt, Castle Rock, CO (US);
Robert N Renz, Jr, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06D / ; C06B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
102289 ; 102290 ; 149 45 ; 1491092 ; 1491094 ;
Abstract
The present invention comprises a gas generating composition for, when ignited, providing inflation fluid for inflating an air bag (16) of a vehicle occupant protection device (12). The composition comprises a cyanamide compound complexed with a transition metal nitrate, and a supplemental oxidizing salt admixed with the complex. A preferred cyanamide is dicyandiamide. A preferred complex is bis(dicyandiamide)copper(I)nitrate.