PROPELLANT CAGE FOR A TUBULAR INFLATOR, PACKING ELEMENT FOR A TUBULAR INFLATOR, TUBULAR INFLATOR FOR AN AIRBAG MODULE, AIRBAG MODULE, VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM, METHOD OF OPERATING AND MANUFACTURING A TUBULAR INFLATOR

摘要

The invention relates to a propellant cage (10) for a tubular inflator (100), especially for a tubular inflator (100) of an airbag module, for forming a propellant chamber (14) and a flow passage (15) of the tubular inflator (100). In accordance with the invention, the propellant cage (10) is in the form of a propellant cage spiral spring (11) having a gas inlet-side end (12) and a gas outlet-side end (13), the gas inlet-side end (12) having a smaller cross-section than the gas outlet-side end (13).