Title:
【発明の名称】車両搭乗者衝撃抑制具のためのガス発生器
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2800875
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The present invention resides in a vehicle occupant restraint assembly (12). The assembly comprises a vehicle occupant restraint (20), a housing (14), a gas generating composition (16) within the housing, an igniter (18) for igniting the gas generating composition, and gas flow means (22) for directing gas into the vehicle occupant restraint. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle occupant restraint (20) is an air bag. The gas generating composition (16) comprises lithium azide (Li3N) and a metal oxidant (MeO), wherein O can be either oxygen or sulfur. The metal oxidant is present in a sub-stoichiometric amount relative to the lithium azide. The gas generating composition (16), on ignition, burns under reaction conditions which produce lithium nitride (Li3N) and a combustion product which is essentially free of elemental lithium.
Inventors:
Eric S. Berkasky
Application Number:
JP31308393A
Publication Date:
September 21, 1998
Filing Date:
December 14, 1993
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TRW INCORPORATED
International Classes:
B60R21/26; C01B21/08; C06B35/00; C06D5/00; C06D5/06; (IPC1-7): C01B21/08; B60R21/26; C06D5/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP5095192A | ||||
| JP3153593A | ||||
| JP3157241A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kazuo Shamoto (5 outside)