Patent ID: 7793974

Claim:
A gas generator for a restraining apparatus of a vehicle comprising: a housing having an opening formed in a bottom plate thereof and a gas discharge port; a gas source; and an ignition device accommodated inside the housing, the ignition device including, an igniter body which has a conductive pin, an igniter collar having a plug-accommodating chamber for inserting a plug to be connected with the conductive pin, the igniter collar being fixed, from an inside of the housing, to the bottom plate such that an upper opening of the igniter collar is attached to the igniter body and a lower opening of the igniter collar faces the opening in the bottom plate of the housing, and a holder being an independent member formed of a non-electroconductive material and disposed inside the igniter collar, the holder being fixed in a state of contact with the igniter collar and a housing wall surface including a circumferential edge of the opening.