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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2000
Christian Lorenz, Leidersbach, DE;
TRW Automotive Safety Systems GmbH & Co., KG, Aschaffenburg, DE;
Abstract
A vehicular restraint system comprises an inflatable gas bag defining an internal volume and a gas generator with a pyrotechnic propellant charge for generating gas upon inflation of the gas bag. The propellant charge is made up of a mass of a pyrotechnic material. The mass of the pyrotechnic material may include a binding agent conglomerating the mass into a rigid shaped body, such body having a surface exposed to the internal volume of the gas bag, or the mass is filled into a flexible envelope, which envelope has a surface exposed to the internal volume of the gas bag. Preferably, the mass has a ductile texture, enabling it to be kneaded.