US 12,330,579 B2
Airbag device and gas generator
Kenji Fukumoto, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to DAICEL CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Filed by Daicel Corporation, Osaka (JP)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/585,235.
Application 18/585,235 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2022/016579, filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-135929 (JP), filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0190377 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 21/217 (2011.01); B60R 21/239 (2006.01); B60R 21/26 (2011.01); B60R 21/264 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 21/217 (2013.01) [B60R 21/239 (2013.01); B60R 21/2644 (2013.01); B60R 2021/26011 (2013.01); B60R 2021/26029 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A gas generator, comprising:
an igniter;
a gas generating agent ignited by the igniter and generating a combustion gas;
a housing accommodating the igniter and the gas generating agent and provided with a gas discharge port;
a shield covering an outside of the housing and configured to move to a shielding position where the shield faces the gas discharge port and to a non-shielding position where the shield does not face the gas discharge port; and
an elastic substance disposed between the housing and the shield and configured to energize the shield to position the shield at the shielding position or the non-shielding position.