Patent ID: 6283505
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A gas generator for air bags comprising:a housing formed by a cylinder with a plurality of gas exhaust openings, said housing being closed at its ends by an upper cap and a lower cap;an ignitor provided in said housing at a center portion thereof;a gas generating agent, provided in said housing at a location radially outside of said ignitor;a cooling/filtering member provided in said housing at a location radially outside of said gas generating agent to enclose said gas generating agent, and extending from the side of said upper cap to the side of said lower cap; andan annular projection integrally formed on each of said upper cap and said lower cap, said annular projection leaving an annular space between the upper cap and the lower cap, and at a radial position so as to abut with an inner peripheral surface of said cooling/filtering member adjacent a respective one of said upper cap and said lower cap.