ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,304, issued on July 22.
"Igniter and gas generator" was invented by Itsuki Yajima (Tokyo), Tomohiro Hakozaki (Tokyo) and Tomoyuki Nakano (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an igniter and a gas generator that suppress inhibition of fire transfer to an enhance agent by adjusting elongation of a cup-shaped member at the time of activation while maintaining sealability and insulation. A disk-type gas generator 100 has a short substantially cylindrical housing in which one end and the other end in an axial direction are closed, and a holder 30, an igniter 40 including a squib cover 43, a cup-shaped member 50, an enhance ag...