ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,573, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to DAICEL Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Gas generator" was invented by Tomoya Sasaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas generator includes a housing, an ignition device attached to one end side of the housing, a combustion chamber, a diffuser portion formed on the other end side and including a closed end, an open end, and a side wall positioned between the closed end and the open end, a plurality of gas discharge ports formed in the diffuser portion and including a first gas discharge port having a short distance from the combustion chamber and a second gas discharge port having a long distance...