Patent ID: 6796580
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: B60R,C06D

Abstract:
A gas generator for actuating a vehicle occupant restraint device comprising:a first hollow body with an end and a side wall; gas generants filled densely in the first hollow body; an electric ignitor formed by housing igniting agents in a second hollow body with an end and a side wall, and closing the second hollow body with a plug; and a holder positioning the second hollow body in a center of the first hollow body and fixed to the first hollow body while holding the plug of the electric ignitor, wherein a ratio of an empty volume to a volume defined by an inner surface of the first hollow body, an outer surface of the second hollow body, and the holder is less than 20%, a part of a volume is filled with a spacer inserted between the outer surface of the second hollow body and the inner surface of the first hollow body, and said spacer is made of a gas generant composition.