ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,041, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to DAICEL Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Igniter assembly and gas generator" was invented by Akira Fukushima (Tokyo) and Shinya Yamamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An igniter assembly includes an igniter including a container and an ignition charge. The igniter emits a combustion product of the ignition charge when a lid wall portion is ruptured upon operation of the igniter. The container includes a peripheral wall portion and the lid wall portion closing one end of the peripheral wall portion. The ignition charge is filled in an accommodating space defined by the peripheral and lid wall porti...