Patent ID: 8057610

Claim:
An inflatable restraint device comprising: an airbag for restraining motion of a vehicle occupant; and at least one gas generant for inflating the airbag in the form of a monolithic annular disk having a plurality of apertures comprising a first aperture that has a first diameter and a second aperture that has a second diameter, wherein the first diameter is greater than the second diameter and further having a linear burn rate of greater than or equal to about 1.6 inches per second at a pressure of about 3,000 pounds per square inch, wherein the at least one gas generant is substantially free of polymeric binder, azides, and perchlorate-containing oxidizing agents and produces an effluent for inflating the airbag that is substantially free of chloride-containing species and has a total amount of nitric oxide of less than 18.75 ppm and particulate of less than 31.25 ppm.