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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2002
Uwe Dölling, Ampfing, DE;
Lorenz Seidl, Waldkraiburg, DE;
Maximilian Bergmann, Mühldorf, DE;
Alexander Gerstner, Waldkraiburg, DE;
Achim Hofmann, Polling, DE;
Anja Esau, Ampfing, DE;
Werner Zengerle, Regensburg, DE;
Jens Holzapfel, Klein Grenz, DE;
Nils Henning, Rostock, DE;
TRW Airbag Systems GmbH & Co. KG, Aschau, DE;
Abstract
A hybrid gas generator comprises an elongated cylindrical outer housing, and a pressure chamber that is filled with pressurized gas and that is closed off by a membrane provided on an end face of the pressure chamber. The gas generator further comprises a pyrotechnical propellant charge that is provided for opening the membrane and is accommodated in a preferably bushing-shaped propellant charge housing. The propellant charge housing is connected to the outer housing at a location outside of the pressure chamber and a longitudinal axis of the propellant charge housing extends at a right angle to a longitudinal axis of the outer housing. The generator also has an axial outflow opening situated at one axial end of the outer housing. The outer housing has a circumferential wall with a radial insertion opening for introducing the propellant charge housing. The propellant charge housing is attached to a section of the circumferential wall diametrically opposite the insertion opening in such a way that the propellant charge housing is secured at least against a movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the outer housing.