ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,093, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DAICEL Corp. (Osaka, Japan).

"Gas generator" was invented by Kenichi Yonezawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas generator includes a housing, one or more first discharge ports and one or more second discharge ports both provided in the housing configured to discharge the combustion gas. A closing member covers at least one of the one or more first discharge ports and at least one of the one or more second discharge ports together. The closing member includes a portion covering the at least one first discharge port and configured to rupture at a first rupture pressure and a portion cover...