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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold R. Blomquist, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 2/500 ; C06B 2/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 2/500 ; C06B 2/502 ;
Abstract
An apparatus ( ) comprises a vehicle occupant protection device ( ), and an actuator ( ) for the vehicle occupant protection device ( ). The actuator ( ) includes a gas generating material ( ) or both a gas generating material ( ) and an autoignition material ( ). The gas generating material ( ), the autoignition material ( ), or both the gas generating material ( ) and the autoignition material ( ) comprise a plasticized cyclodextrin nitrate ester. The plasticized cyclodextrin nitrate ester has an autoignition temperature in the range of about 150° C. to about 180° C. and is resistant to thermal decomposition at a temperature less than 150° C.