Patent ID: 6487974
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: B60R,C06B,C06C

Abstract:
A hybrid inflator comprising:(a) a vessel for the storage of a gas; and (b) a gas heater composition wherein said gas heater composition consisting essentially of: (i) 5-AT as fuel, at a concentration of from about 15 to 35 weight %; (ii) strontium nitrate as oxidizer, at a concentration of from about 50 to 80 weight %; (iii) a metal selected from aluminum, titanium, boron, magnesium and mixtures thereof at a concentration of about 5 to 15 weight %; and (iv) a processing aid selected from silicon dioxide, mica, boron nitride, talc, molybdenum disulfide, metal stearate salts and mixtures thereof at a concentration greater than 0 and up to about 7 weight %.