PROPELLANT CAGE FOR INFLATOR, INFLATOR COMPRISING SUCH PROPELLANT CAGE, METHOD OF OPERATING INFLATOR, AND METHOD OF GUIDING SHOCK WAVE OF INFLATOR

摘要

To provide a propellant cage which improves gas introduction, especially ignition gas introduction, so that a time delay in the burn-up of propellant bodies can be minimized and, in other words, the burn-up of propellant bodies can be optimized.SOLUTION: The invention relates to a propellant cage (10) for an inflator, especially for a tubular inflator of an airbag module, comprising a substantially tubular base (11). The base (11) forms, on the one hand, a gas inlet opening (12a) and, on the other hand, a gas outlet opening (12c) along its longitudinal axis (L). At least one lateral gas flow opening (13) is configured in a circumferential wall (12) of the base (11). The base (11) includes a radially outwardly extending collar (11c) having at least one frontal gas flow opening (14) in the area of the gas outlet opening (12c).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1