ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,316, issued on April 14, was assigned to DAICEL Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Gas generator" was invented by Yuichiro Kawanaka (Tokyo), Shogo Komori (Tokyo) and Nobuhiko Yagi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas generator includes a housing and an igniter assembly defining, together with the housing, an accommodating space in which a gas source is stored. The igniter assembly includes an igniter, a collar member, a resin member integrally joining the igniter and the collar member, and a cover member made of metal, surrounding an ignition portion and the resin member in a manner that the igniter and the resin member are sealed with r...