Patent ID: 8167334

Claim:
A gas generator, comprising: a housing that defines an inner space of the gas generator and includes an inside facing the inner space; a filter fastened in the housing for filtering gases that the gas generator is configured to generate, wherein the filter includes an outside; an outflow opening through which gas generated in the inner space is configured to flow into an outer space surrounding the housing, wherein the outflow opening is delimited by a boundary region; a sealing part for sealing the outflow opening; and a throttle having a wall, wherein a part of the gas generator is inserted into a recess of the filter for fastening the filter in the housing, wherein the part is configured and provided to widen the filter so that the filter is pressed against the housing for fastening the filter in the housing, wherein said part of the gas generator is formed as a bolt that protrudes from the throttle, wherein the bolt broadens the filter, and wherein the outside of the filter, when the bolt is not inserted into the recess, is in the inner space having play with respect to the inside, and wherein the outside of the filter is pressed against the inside of the housing and simultaneously a circulating boundary region of the wall of the throttle is pressed against the sealing and seals the outflow opening, when the bolt is inserted into the recess.