GAS GENERATOR

• US 20130199398A1
• Filed: 01/14/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daicel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Daicel Corporation
• Inventors: MITSUNABE, Atsushi
• Granted Patent: US 8,590,930 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 102/530
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2021/26029 Ignitors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/26 characterised by the inflation fluid source or means to control inflation fluid flow arrangement or mounting thereof to the vehicle B60R21/20; blasting cartridges for producing gas under pressure in general F42B3/04; initiators or igniters therefor F42B3/10
• CPC Class Codes: C06D 5/00 Generation of pressure gas, e.g. for blasting cartridges, starting cartridges, rockets explosive compositions containing an oxidizer, fuels for rocket engines intended for reaction with an oxidant other than air C06B
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 3/103 Mounting initiator heads in initiators; Sealing-plugs

Abstract

A gas generator includes,

• • an igniter having an ignition portion and a conductive pin
  • a collar holding the igniter,
  • a metallic cup-shaped case fixed to the collar and having a fragile portion.

The collar includes a metallic portion and a resin part enclosing the ignition portion.

An outer diameter of the metallic portion is larger than an outer diameter of the resin part.

The cup-shaped case has an annular portion bent inward at an opening thereof.

The annular bent portion includes a bent corner, an annular tilted surface, and an annular terminal end. The annular tilted surface includes an outer tilted surface facing toward a side of a peripheral surface of the cup-shaped case and an inner annular tilted surface facing the opposite side.

The inner annular tilted surface of the annular bent portion presses against the resin portion.

Claims

1. A gas generator comprising:

an igniter having an ignition portion and a conductive pin;

a collar holding the igniter,

a metallic cup-shaped case fixed to the collar and having a fragile portion, and charged therein with a gas generating agent,

the collar being formed by integrating a metallic portion and a resin portion, and the resin portion having a resin columnar part enclosing at least part of a peripheral surface of the ignition portion,

the metallic portion being in a substantially cup-like shape having an annular bottom surface part and a circumferential wall, and an outer diameter of the circumferential wall being set to be larger than an outer diameter of the resin columnar part,

the cup-shaped case having an annular bent portion obtained by bending inward an end portion of an opening thereof,

the annular bent portion including an annular bent corner, an annular tilted surface, and an annular terminal end, and the annular tilted surface including an outer annular tilted surface facing toward a side of a peripheral surface of the cup-shaped case and an inner annular tilted surface facing the opposite side thereof,

in the cup-shaped case and the collar, the inner annular tilted surface of the annular bent portion pressing against a peripheral surface of the columnar part of the resin portion.

2. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein the cup-shaped case and the collar are fixed to each other by pressing the inner annular tilted surface of the annular bent portion against the peripheral surface of the columnar part of the resin portion and abutting the annular bent corner against the annular bottom surface part of the metallic portion of the collar.

3. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein

the cup-shaped case and the collar are fixed to each other in a state in which part of the inner annular tilted surface of the annular bent portion is pressed against the peripheral surface of the resin columnar part, and a portion including the annular terminal end is embedded into the resin columnar part.

4. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein

the annular bent portion of the cup-shaped case has an annular protrusion protruding from the inner annular tilted surface in the vicinity of the annular terminal end, and

the cup-shaped case and the collar are fixed to each other in a state in which the inner annular tilted surface of the annular bent portion is pressed against the peripheral surface of the resin columnar part, and the annular protrusion is embedded into the resin columnar part.

5. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein

the cup-shaped case has a concave portion receding inward at the peripheral surface thereof, an inner tip of the concave portion is abutted against the resin columnar part, and an annular space communicating with an inner space of the cup-shaped case charged with the gas generating agent is formed by an inner wall surface of the annular bent portion and the resin columnar part.

6. The gas generator according to of claim 1, wherein

the cup-shaped case has a concave portion receding inward at the peripheral surface thereof,

the resin columnar part has a threaded groove at an outer surface that is not in contact with the inner annular tilted surface of the annular bent portion, and

the inner tip of the concave portion of the cup-shaped cap is abutted against a valley portion of the threaded groove.

7. The gas generator according to of claim 1, wherein

the cup-shaped case has one or a plurality of concave portions receding inward at the peripheral surface thereof,

the resin columnar part has one or a plurality of flat surfaces or grooves formed in the axial direction at the peripheral surface thereof, and

the inner tip of the one or plurality of concave portions of the cup-shaped case is abutted against one or a plurality of flat surfaces or grooves of the resin columnar part.