Patent ID: 6712388
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A hybrid gas generator comprisingan elongated cylindrical outer housing having a longitudinal axis, a pressure chamber that is filled with pressurized gas and that is closed off by a membrane provided on an end face of said pressure chamber, a pyrotechnical propellant charge that is provided for opening said membrane and is accommodated in a separate propellant charge housing, said propellant charge housing being connected to said outer housing at a location outside of said pressure chamber and a longitudinal axis of said propellant charge housing extending at a right angle to said longitudinal axis of said outer housing, and an axial outflow opening situated at one axial end of said outer housing, wherein the improvement comprises said outer housing having a circumferential wall with a radial insertion opening for introducing said propellant charge housing, said propellant charge housing being attached to a section of said circumferential wall diametrically opposite said insertion opening in such a way that said propellant charge housing is secured at least against a movement in the direction of said longitudinal axis of said outer housing.