Air bag inflation gas generator

• US 5,382,415 A
• Filed: 09/27/1993
• Issued: 01/17/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nippon Koki Co., Ltd. (NOF Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nippon Koki Co., Ltd. (NOF Corporation)
• Inventors: Kishimoto, Junichi, Minamizawa, Takashi
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, W. Gary
• Assistant Examiner(s): Collins, Laura E.
• Application Number:
  US08/127,757
• Time in Patent Office: 477 Days
• Field of Search: 422/165-167, 422/305, 280/736-742
• US Class Current: 422/305
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/2644 using only solid reacting substances, e.g. pellets, powder
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 3/04 for producing gas under pressure generators of inflation fluid especially adapted for vehicle air bags B60R21/26

Abstract

This invention relates to an air bag inflation gas generator comprising an inner cylindrical member with gas flow openings formed in the outer periphery being inserted into a longitudinal bottom-closed outer cylindrical member with gas outlets formed in the outer periphery with a filter disposed therebetween and gas generating agents being accommodated in the inner cylindrical member, wherein mating sections are disposed at the open end of the inner cylindrical member so as to engage with other mating sections formed at the bottom of the outer cylindrical member, so that the position of the gas flow openings formed in the inner cylindrical member and the position of the gas outlets formed in the outer cylindrical member can be easily and surely set in a predetermined positional relation.

Claims

1. An air bag inflation gas generator comprising:

a longitudinal outer cylindrical member having an outer periphery with gas outlets formed therein and a bottom end;

an inner cylindrical member having an outer periphery with gas outlets formed therein and at least one open end;

wherein the inner cylindrical member is within the outer cylindrical member and said at least one open end of the inner cylindrical member is at the bottom end of the outer cylindrical member;

a filter between the inner cylindrical member and the outer cylindrical member;

gas generating agents within the inner cylindrical member;

mating sections at said at least one open end of the inner cylindrical member and mating sections at the bottom end of the outer cylindrical member; and

wherein the mating sections of the inner cylindrical member and the mating sections of the outer cylindrical members interlock to maintain a predetermined positional relation between the outer cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member preventing rotation therebetween, so that the predetermined positional relation aligns the gas outlets of the inner cylindrical member and the gas outlets of the outer cylindrical member providing an optimal route for combustion gas from the gas generating agents out of the inner and outer cylindrical members.

2. An air bag inflation gas generator according to claim 1 wherein the mating sections are rectangular convex or concave parts.

3. An air bag inflation gas generator according to claim 2, wherein the inner and outer cylindrical members are provided with the convex and concave parts opposite to each other at an angle of 180 degrees.

4. The air bag inflation gas generator according to claim 1, wherein the inner cylindrical member further comprises a second open end having mating sections.

5. The air bag inflation gas generator comprising:

a longitudinal outer cylindrical member having an outer periphery with gas outlets formed therein and a bottom end;

an inner cylindrical member having an outer periphery with gas outlets formed therein and a first open end and a second open end;

wherein the inner cylindrical member is within the outer cylindrical member and one of said open ends of the inner cylindrical member is at the bottom end of the outer cylindrical member;

a filter between the inner cylindrical member and the outer cylindrical member;

gas generating agents within the inner cylindrical member;

mating sections at the first open end and the second open end of the inner cylindrical member and mating sections at the bottom end of the outer cylindrical member wherein the mating sections of the outer cylindrical member comprise a pair of rectangular convex parts and the mating sections of the inner cylindrical member comprise a pair of rectangular concave parts having an entrance,

the entrance to the concave parts including a chamfer to allow the convex parts to easily engage with the concave parts; and

wherein the rectangular convex and concave mating sections are opposite each other at an angle of 180° and

interlock to maintain a predetermined positional relation between the outer cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member precluding rotation therebetween, wherein the predetermined positional relation aligns the gas flow openings of the inner cylindrical member and the gas outlets of the outer cylindrical member providing an optimal route for combustion gas from the gas generating agents out of the inner and outer cylindrical members.