Device for actuating a safety system for the protection of goods and/or occupants of a vehicule comprises a gas generation system to fill an inflatable cushion

摘要

Apparatus of a type comprising a gas generation system which is linked to a safety element such as an inflatable cushion, and consists of primary and secondary componenets. The system comprises an explosive charge formed by a primary pyrotechnic compound in a primary chamber, initiated by an initiator with a reinforing charge, and a secondary compound ; the primary compound is a propergol, e.g. based on nitrocellulose , nitramites of lova type or any for which the oxygen balance has been adjusted, and the secondary compound,in a secondary chamber, comprises an oxidant which, on decomposition, emits a gas,and a reducing additive of proportion less than 70% of the wt. of combined primary-secondary elements. An independent claim is also included for the use of the system for the pressurisation of vessels.