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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2001
Yoshihiro Nakashima, Hyogo, JP;
Nobuyuki Katsuda, Hyogo, JP;
Nobuyuki Ohji, Hyogo, JP;
Diacel Chemical Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A gas generator for an air bag is provided with a porous tube member, in which a portion opposing the ejecting direction of a flame and the like generated due to an activation of an ignition unit stored in an inner cylindrical member is formed as a flame-preventing annular portion having no opening, disposed in a gas generator housing. Further, a multistage type gas generating apparatus prevents an erroneous connection between a plurality of igniter stored in a gas generatorand outputting portions of an ignition signal outputting device. In the multistage type air bag apparatus, the gas generator includes a plurality of igniters, and a defining unit for specifying the unique connection between the respective ignition signal outputting unit and the respective igniters is provided in a connector provided in a lead wire for sending an ignition signal to each of the igniters.