Patent ID: 6464253
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: B60R,C06B,C06D,F42B

Abstract:
A vehicular restraint system comprising:a vehicle steering wheel having a hub, said hub having a recess of a predefined shape, an inflatable gas bag defining an internal volume, and a gas generator with a pyrotechnic propellant charge for generating gas for inflating said gas bag, said propellant charge comprising a mass of pyrotechnic material, said mass of pyrotechnic material including a binding agent conglomerating said mass into a rigid shaped body, said rigid shaped body being accommodated in said recess of said hub without being accommodated in an additional housing, said rigid shaped body having a shape complementary to said recess of said hub, and said rigid shaped body further having a surface exposed to said internal volume of said gas bag.