Patent ID: 7097203

Claim:
A gas generator for a vehicle occupant protection system comprising: an elongated housing having a predetermined length and having a first end and a second end; a plurality of gas exit orifices spaced along the length of said housing; a first propellant body contained within said housing, said first propellant body having a length substantially coextensive with said housing and said first propellant body comprising 8–30% by weight of silicone, 52–87% by weight of an oxidizing perchlorate salt; and 5–18% by weight of a nitrate salt; and a second propellant body substantially coextensive with said first propellant body, said second propellant body in physical contact with said first propellant body for substantially the length of said first propellant body, said second propellant body comprising 10–30% curable silicone, 30–50% of an oxidizing perchlorate salt, and 30–50% of a nitrate salt, wherein ignition of said first propellant body essentially provides uniform ignition and combustion of said second propellant body along the entire length thereof.