ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,717, issued on March 24, was assigned to DAICEL Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Gas generator" was invented by Toshihiro Izuma (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas generator includes: a housing; an ignition unit disposed in the housing; a gas generating agent accommodated in a combustion chamber in the housing and that generates a combustion gas upon operation of the ignition unit; a discharge port provided in the housing and configured to discharge the generated combustion gas; and a filter disposed between the discharge port and the gas generating agent. The filter extends in an axial direction, at least an outer peripheral portion ...