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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter J. Astrauskas, Mesa, AZ (US);
David D. Ryder, Manassas, VA (US);
Michael G. Mangum, Mesa, AZ (US);
Assignee:
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 4/510 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 4/510 ;
Abstract
A gas generating material ( ) comprises an oxidizer, a fuel, and a binder composition. The binder composition includes a polystyrene based thermoplastic block copolymer and a thermoplastic modifier. The thermoplastic modifier is miscible with the polystyrene based thermoplastic block copolymer and has a glass transition temperature greater than about 170° C.