ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,860, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Nippon Kayaku K.K. (Tokyo).
"Gas generator" was invented by Masahiro Takahashi (Himeji, Japan) and Yuichiro Tanaka (Himeji, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To obtain a gas generator that is easier to manufacture than before. A gas generator 100 has a long substantially columnar outer shape, and includes a housing 10, a first holder 20, a second holder 25, and a third holder 53 attached near one opening end of the housing 10, an igniter 50 that is held by the second holder 25 and ignites a gas generating agent 31, a closing member 12 attached to the other end of the housing 10 so as to clos...