Patent ID: 7914631

Claim:
An azide-free gas-generating composition for use in gas generators for safety arrangements consisting of: a fuel selected from the group of compounds consisting of nitrogenous organic compounds and aliphatic dicarboxylic acids, as well as mixtures, derivatives and salts thereof, each of the fuel compounds having a melting point of at least 120 degrees C.; an oxidizer selected from tetrakis(2,2,2-trinitroethyl)orthocarbonate (TNEOC) and TNEOC in combination with an inorganic oxidizer, wherein the TNEOC is present in a proportion of at least 10% by weight of the composition; a polymeric binder in an amount of from 0 to about 25 percent by weight of the composition; and conventional additives in an amount of between 0 to about 5 percent by weight of the total composition, wherein the conventional additives are selected from the group of combustion moderators, and processing aids, the combustion moderators being selected from transition metal oxides, transition metal hydroxides, transition metal nitrates, transition metal carbonates, chelate compounds of the transition metals, and soot, and the processing aids being selected from polyethylene glycol, cellulose, methyl cellulose, graphite, wax, magnesium stearate, zinc stearate, boron nitride, talcum, bentonite, silicon dioxide or molybdenum sulphide.