Patent ID: 7591483
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: B60R,F42B

Abstract:
1. A gas generator for a restraining device for a vehicle, comprising: an igniter attached via an igniter collar to an opening in a housing bottom portion; the igniter collar including a main body portion that supports the igniter and an attachment portion that is fixed to the housing bottom portion, the attachment portion further including, an annular inner wall, an annular top wall, and an annular outer wall, at least one of the annular outer wall and the annular top wall being formed to be thinner than the remaining two of the annular inner wall, the annular top wall, and the annular outer wall; at least part of the attachment portion absorbing strains to seal between the housing and the igniter collar, by deforming correspondingly to deformation of the housing when the housing deforms during the actuation.