Gas generator

• US 8,434,413 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2011
• Issued: 05/07/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries Limited
• Original Assignee: Daicel Chemical Industries Limited
• Inventors: Oda, Shingo, Mitsunabe, Atsushi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hayes, Bret
• Assistant Examiner(s): FREEMAN, JOSHUA E
• Application Number:
  US13/192,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20120024186A1
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 102/202.5, 102/202.9, 102/202, 102/12, 102/202.14, 102/530, 280/806, 297/480
• US Class Current: 102/530
• CPC Class Codes: F42B 3/103 Mounting initiator heads in initiators; Sealing-plugs

Abstract

The present invention provides a gas generator including:

• • an igniter,
  • a collar for holding the igniter, and
  • a cup-shaped case fixed to the collar and charged inside with gas generating agent,
  • the collar formed by a combination of a metallic portion and a resin portion which is integrated with the metallic portion, the collar being provided with an annular groove formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof,
  • the cup-shaped case and the collar being fixed by fitting a bent portion, which is obtained by bending inward an end portion in an opening side of the cup-shaped case, to the annular groove,
  • an annular space being formed by an inner wall surface of the bent portion and the collar, and being in communication with an inside of the cup-shaped case.

Claims

1. A gas generator comprising:

an igniter, a collar for holding the igniter and a cup-shaped case fixed to the collar and charged inside with a gas generating agent, the collar formed by a combination of a metallic portion and a resin portion which is integrated with the metallic portion, the collar being provided with an annular groove formed in an outer peripheral surface thereof, the cup-shaped case and the collar being fixed by fitting a bent portion, which is obtained by bending inward an end portion in an opening side of the cup-shaped case, to the annular groove, an annular space being formed by an inner wall surface of the bent portion and the collar, and being in communication with an inside of the cup-shaped case, wherein the bent portion comprises an inner opening peripheral edge, an inner annular peripheral surface, and an annular bent corner portion, which are located inside the cup-shaped case.

2. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein

the annular groove of the collar comprises an upper annular peripheral surface, a lower annular peripheral surface and an annular wall surface connecting the upper annular peripheral surface and the lower annular peripheral surface, and

the cup-shaped case and the collar are fixed by

abutting the inner opening peripheral edge of the bent portion against the upper annular peripheral surface of the annular groove and

abutting the annular bent corner portion of the bent portion against the lower annular peripheral surface of the annular groove.

3. The gas generator according to claim 2, wherein

the annular groove of the collar includes an upper annular peripheral surface, a lower annular peripheral surface and an annular wall surface connecting the upper annular peripheral surface and the lower annular peripheral surface, and at least one of the annular wall surface and the lower annular peripheral surface is formed with the metallic portion of the collar.

4. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein

the annular groove of the collar comprises an upper annular peripheral surface, a lower annular peripheral surface and an annular wall surface connecting the upper annular peripheral surface and the lower annular peripheral surface, and

the cup-shaped case and the collar are fixed by

abutting the inner opening peripheral edge of the bent portion against the upper annular peripheral surface of the annular groove and

abutting the inner annular peripheral surface of the bent portion against the annular wall surface of the annular groove.

5. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein

the annular groove of the collar comprises an upper annular peripheral surface, a lower annular peripheral surface and an annular wall surface connecting the upper annular peripheral surface and the lower annular peripheral surface, and

the cup-shaped case and the collar are fixed by

abutting the inner opening peripheral edge of the bent portion against the upper annular peripheral surface of the annular groove,

abutting the inner annular peripheral surface of the bent portion against the annular wall surface of the annular groove, and

abutting the annular bent corner portion of the bent portion against the lower annular peripheral surface of the annular groove.

6. The gas generator according to claim 1, wherein

the cup-shaped case has a plurality of protrusions projected inward from a peripheral wall portion thereof, and

the plurality of protrusions are abutted against the collar.

7. The gas generator according to claim 1, further comprising:

a plurality of protrusions provided in a peripheral wall portion of the cup-shaped case;

a cylindrical wall portion provided in the resin portion for enclosing and fixing an igniter portion of the igniter, the cylindrical wall portion including an annular convex portion formed on an outer peripheral surface thereof,

wherein an inner diameter defined by the protrusions is slightly smaller than an outer diameter of the annular convex portion.

8. The gas generator according to claim 7, wherein the cup-shaped case is fixed to the collar such that the protrusions are brought into press-contact against the annular convex portion.