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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:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1998
Yo Yamato, Hyogo, JP;
Mithuhiko Fukabori, Hyogo, JP;
Daicel Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A gas generator for an air bag that can adjust gas providing amount according to circumstances is provided. The gas generator includes an outer shell vessel, an ignition unit disposed within the vessel, a gas generating material for generating a gas in response to the operation of the ignition unit, a gas generating material accommodation chamber for accommodating the gas generating unit therein, and a gas discharge chamber adjacent to the gas generating material accommodation chamber with a partition wall in between, wherein the gas discharge chamber includes an opening that communicates with the gas generating material accommodation chamber and a discharge port that communicates with the atmosphere, the opening is sealed with a gas sealing plate which is ruptured above a predetermined gas pressure within the gas generating material accommodation chamber, and the gas discharge chamber has, therein, gas discharge stopping unit including a pyrotechnic which is operative upon receiving an operating signal, and a piston member, which is driven by the ammunition to close the opening.
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