Patent ID: 6416599
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: C06D

Abstract:
A gas generating agent for an air bag comprising a fuel component, which is a nitrogenous organic compound, and an oxidizing agent as the major components of the gas generating agent, and at least 2.6% of silicon nitride functioning as consolidation preventing agent for at least either of said fuel component or said oxidizing agent, a metallic component being in said fuel component compound or in said oxidizing agent and said metal nitride further being able to react in a combustion process to form high-viscosity slag with said metallic component,further, containing an additional slag forming metallic component that can react with a metallic component of said metal nitride or oxide originating from the metal nitride in a combustion process to form said high-viscosity slag, the slag forming metallic component being an element or a compound.