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Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008

Filed:

Mar. 21, 2006
Applicants:

Ivan V. Mendenhall, Providence, UT (US);

Robert D. Taylor, Hyrum, UT (US);

Inventors:

Ivan V. Mendenhall, Providence, UT (US);

Robert D. Taylor, Hyrum, UT (US);

Assignee:

Autoliv ASP, Inc., Ogden, UT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C06B 31/00 (2006.01); D03D 23/00 (2006.01); D03D 43/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A compound including at least one copper II complex of a material selected from the group of imidazole and imidazole derivatives is provided for use in a gas generant composition. An associated burn rate enhanced gas generant composition, in addition to such copper complex-containing compound, also includes a nitrogen-containing non-azide fuel. Additionally provided are methods for improving the combustion performance of a non-azide gas generant composition in at least one aspect selected from the group consisting of ignitability, burn rate and burn rate pressure sensitivity, through the addition of such copper complex-containing compound to the non-azide gas generant composition.


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