Patent ID: 6929284

Claim:
A gas generator comprising a short cylindrical housing, wherein an airtight space in said housing is partitioned into a plurality of combustion chambers, a gas generating agent for generating a high-temperature gas when it burns is loaded in each of said combustion chambers, a plurality of squibs for individually firing and burning said gas generating agents in said respective combustion chambers are mounted in said housing, one or more of said respective squibs are disposed eccentrically to an axis of said housing, and firing flames of said respective eccentric squibs are controlled to spout around said axis of said housing, wherein said eccentric squibs are covered with cup-shaped firing lids having a plurality of firing holes for allowing their firing flames to spout into said respective combustion chambers and said respective firing holes are formed to spout said firing flames around said axis of said housing, wherein the plurality of combustion chambers include an upper chamber and a lower chamber, the upper chamber and the lower chamber having generally coextensive outer boundaries, at least one squib being provided in the upper chamber and at least one squib being provided in the lower chamber.