Patent ID: 6857658
Filing Date: 2005-02-22
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A gas generator for an air bag, comprising: a housing having a gas discharging port; a partition wall member having an annular peripheral wall disposed in the housing for dividing an inner space of the housing into at least two chambers, an inner peripheral surface of the annular peripheral wall having a groove formed in a circumferential direction thereof; and a dividing member in the form of a disk disposed inside the partition wall member and extending in a radial direction of the annular peripheral wall, a peripheral surface of the dividing member being provided with a pawl that tapers outwardly in a thickness direction of the dividing member, and the pawl being fitted in the groove, wherein an end portion or an outer peripheral surface of the pawl makes contact tightly with a side surface or a bottom surface of the groove.