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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1998
Karsten Schwuchow, Wasserburg, DE;
Wolf-Dieter Woitge, Waldkraiburg, DE;
Michael Tasche, Rostock, DE;
Johann Seidl, Töging, DE;
TRW Airbag Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Aschau am Inn, DE;
Abstract
A gas generator with a housing (,), and outflow opening (,) in the housing (,), via which gas can emerge, and with a bursting membrane (,) which closes the outflow opening in the non-activated state of the gas generator and which is destroyed on activation, the bursting member (,) having an outer edge at which it is permanently fastened to a wall (,) which defines at least one axial section of the outflow opening (,), is characterized in that the wall (,) is rounded or extends inwards and obliquely in the outflow direction downstream immediately after the fastening region (,) of the bursting membrane (,).