Patent ID: 8657974
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: C06B,C06C,C06D

Abstract:
1. A gas generator comprising: a housing; a combustion/decomposition chamber within the housing; an auto-ignition/booster composition contained within the combustion/decomposition chamber; and ammonium nitrate or phase stabilized ammonium nitrate contained as a neat compound within the combustion/decomposition chamber and in operable and vapor communication with said auto-ignition/booster composition, said ammonium nitrate or phase stabilized ammonium nitrate separate from but adjacent to said auto-ignition/booster composition; wherein upon actuation of said gas generator, the auto-ignition/booster composition is ignitable to initiate decomposition of the ammonium nitrate or phase stabilized ammonium nitrate within the combustion/decomposition chamber.