Gas generator
First Claim
1. A gas generator comprising:
- a housing having a gas discharge port;
one or two or more combustion chambers accommodating a gas generating agent therein;
a cylindrical filter disposed between the gas discharge port and the combustion chamber; and
one or two or more ignition devices for igniting and combusting the gas generating agent, each device comprising an igniter assembly in which an electric igniter is enclosed and fixed by a metal member and a resin portion, the igniter assembly having a holder accommodation space in the resin portion, being disposed so that the holder accommodation space is disposed over an opening formed in a bottom portion of the housing, the igniter assembly being fixed by a holder inserted from the outside into the opening; and
an inner wall surface of the holder accommodation space having a concave portion and a convex portion, the holder having a convex portion and a concave portion, and the concave and convex portion of the inner wall surface of the holder accommodation space and the convex and concave portion of the holder engaging with each other, so that the igniter assembly is fixed without welding to the bottom portion of the housing.
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Abstract
A gas generator includes, a housing having a gas discharge port; at least one combustion chamber accommodating a gas generating agent therein; a cylindrical filter disposed between the gas discharge port and the combustion chamber; and at least one ignition device for igniting and combusting the gas generating agent, each device comprising an igniter assembly in which an electric igniter is enclosed and fixed by a metal member and a resin portion. The igniter assembly has, in the resin portion, a holder accommodation space disposed over an opening formed in a bottom portion of the housing, and fixed by a holder inserted from the outside into the opening. An inner wall surface of the holder accommodation space has concave and convex portions that engage convex and concave portions of the holder, so that the igniter assembly is fixed without being welded to the bottom portion of the housing.
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8 Claims
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1. A gas generator comprising:
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a housing having a gas discharge port;
one or two or more combustion chambers accommodating a gas generating agent therein;
a cylindrical filter disposed between the gas discharge port and the combustion chamber; and
one or two or more ignition devices for igniting and combusting the gas generating agent, each device comprising an igniter assembly in which an electric igniter is enclosed and fixed by a metal member and a resin portion, the igniter assembly having a holder accommodation space in the resin portion, being disposed so that the holder accommodation space is disposed over an opening formed in a bottom portion of the housing, the igniter assembly being fixed by a holder inserted from the outside into the opening; and
an inner wall surface of the holder accommodation space having a concave portion and a convex portion, the holder having a convex portion and a concave portion, and the concave and convex portion of the inner wall surface of the holder accommodation space and the convex and concave portion of the holder engaging with each other, so that the igniter assembly is fixed without welding to the bottom portion of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of fixing one or two or more igniter assemblies without employing a welding method to a housing of a gas generator in which a housing is obtained by joining and integrating a closure shell having a opening for fixing the ignition device and a diffuser shell having a gas discharge port, the ignition device has an electric igniter enclosed and fixed by a metal member and a resin portion and the resin portion has a holder accommodation space, comprising steps of
disposing the igniter assembly so that the holder accommodation space is disposed over the opening of the closure shell, and inserting a holder into the opening from the outside and fixing the igniter assembly to a bottom surface of the closure shell, the steps causing a concave portion and a convex portion of an inner wall surface of the holder accommodation space to engage with a convex portion and a concave portion of the holder, so that the igniter assembly is fixed without welding to a bottom portion of the housing.
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