Patent ID: 8091921

Claim:
A gas generator comprising an outer housing having a gas outlet section ( 22 ; 222 ; 322 ) with an outer wall, the gas outlet section ( 22 ; 222 ; 322 ) being an integral part of the gas generator such that the gas generator itself is used to guide and distribute the gas, the gas outlet section ( 22 ; 222 ; 322 ) with the outer wall having a first and a second outflow area ( 30 , 32 ; 230 , 232 ; 330 , 332 ), and each outflow area ( 30 , 32 ; 230 , 232 ; 330 , 332 ) having a net thrust outflow direction, wherein the gas outlet section ( 22 ; 222 ; 322 ) is arranged in the outer wall of a filter chamber ( 24 ) for purging a gas flow leaving the gas generator ( 12 ; 212 ; 312 ) through the outflow areas ( 30 , 32 ; 230 , 232 ; 330 , 332 ); the net thrust outflow direction of the first outflow area ( 30 ; 230 ; 330 ) having a first component (A 1 ) in the lengthwise direction (A) of the gas generator ( 12 ; 212 ; 312 ), the net thrust outflow direction of the second outflow area ( 32 ; 232 ; 332 ) having a second component (A 2 ) in the lengthwise direction (A) of the gas generator ( 12 ; 212 ; 312 ), the first component (A 1 ) being oriented opposite to the second component (A 2 ).