ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,901, issued on April 7, was assigned to ZF AIRBAG GERMANY GMBH (Aschau A. Inn, Germany).
"Gas generator" was invented by Georg Tautschnig (Vilsbiburg, Germany) and Rolf Ruckdeschel (Heldenstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention shows a gas generator comprising a pressure chamber (22) filled with compressed gas which is sealed against an environment of the gas generator (10) by a membrane (16), a solid propellant (30) received in the pressure chamber (22), and an igniter unit (14) adjacent to the pressure chamber (22). The solid propellant (30) is surrounded by a cage-type open fuel holder (32) receiving the same w...