US20100275430A1 - Gas generator and method for manufacturing the same - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a gas generator for inflating and deploying an airbag of an automobile, etc., more particularly, it relates to a gas generator to which an igniter can be fixed simply and at low cost.
- a gas generator for immediately deploying an airbag has been conventionally built in various airbag modules in order to protect an occupant from an impact caused by an automobile crash.
- the gas generator immediately generates a large amount of high-temperature gas based on a crash detection signal transmitted from a crash sensor at the time of an automobile crash.
- an igniter which has a system for igniting an inner ignition material when receiving the crash detection signal from the crash sensor and converts an electric signal to ignition energy, gas generants for receiving the ignition energy from the igniter to generate a large amount of gas, a metallic cylindrical housing for housing the igniter and the gas generants therein, and a holder for fixing the igniter to the housing are typically cited as minimum components required. Additionally, a filter may be employed which absorbs a large amount of heat and combustion particles generated by combustion of the gas generants as the need arises.
- a main part of the igniter generally includes a plastic material composed of a thermoplastic resin and the like, and is fixed to the metallic holder by a caulking method.
- caulking is known (see the Patent Document 2).
- the sealing plate and the housing composed of the same kind of steel materials such as a high-tension plate are subjected to caulking and striking to be fixed to each other.
- a gas generator in which a part of an inner cylindrical member provided in the housing is caulked so that an igniter assembly (igniter and collar) is fixed to the inner cylindrical member (see the Patent Document 3).
- a gas generator in which a part of an elongated cylindrical housing is diameter-reduction processed in relation to a lid member with a stage so that the lid member is fixed to the housing (see the Patent Document 4).
- Patent Document 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-112597
- Patent Document 2 U.S. Pat. No. 3,475,392
- Patent Document 3 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2004-293835
- Patent Document 4 International Publication No. WO01/074632
- Patent Document 1 when an iron-based material widely used at present is used for a housing, it is preferable that the same kind of iron-based material is necessarily used for a holder in terms of welding.
- the holder is required to be cut into a shape suitable for fixing an igniter in a process such as caulking, and the iron-based material is relatively expensive to cut.
- the present invention aims at providing a gas generator that eliminates works for welding-fixing a holder to a housing and subjecting the holder to an excess processing, and can be easily manufactured at low cost and a method for manufacturing.
- a gas generator of the present invention includes a holder which has a short cylindrical external shape for fixing an igniter, and a housing which has a bottomed member having a hole, into which the holder is fitted, on the bottom and can contain gas generants therein.
- the holder is fitted in the hole, at least one of the holder and the bottomed member is deformed in a diameter direction of the hole, and thus the holder is fixed to the housing.
- a gas generator which is manufactured without work for welding-fixing the holder to the bottomed member and subjecting the holder to an excess processing, and which has a high airtightness in a contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be provided.
- the holder has an approximately columnar external shape, and it is preferable that the holder is deformed in a diameter expansion direction, or the bottomed member is deformed in a diameter reduction direction of the hole.
- the gas generator can be provided at low cost.
- At least one of the holder and the bottomed member is clamped and pressurized in the direction of a center axis of the hole to be deformed.
- a gas generator which is manufactured by a process easier than the process for directly deforming the bottomed member or the holder in the diameter direction, and which has high fixing strength between the holder and the bottomed member, and has high airtightness in the contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be reliably provided.
- the holder and the bottomed member are respectively composed of materials having strengths different from each other, and that one composed of the material having a lower strength is deformed.
- the material having the lower strength is easily closely adhered to an interface of the material having a higher strength with no space therebetween. Accordingly, a gas generator excellent in strength and airtightness in a fixed contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be provided.
- the holder has at least two outer diameters different from each other, and that an inequality, A ⁇ an inner diameter C of the hole provided in the bottomed member ⁇ B, is established wherein A represents a smaller outer diameter and B represents a larger outer diameter.
- the holder can be constructed so that it hardly comes off the bottomed member, and the possibility can be lowered that the holder comes off, for example, in the case where the gas generator operates and an inner pressure becomes high.
- the bottomed member is composed of an iron-based metallic material and the holder is composed of an aluminum-based material.
- a groove or the like has been conventionally required to be provided in the holder so that the igniter is fixed to the holder.
- the cost required in a cutting process in the case where the holder is composed of the aluminum-based material is lower than that in the case of being composed of the iron-based material, and therefore the aluminum-based material is more preferable.
- a method for manufacturing the gas generator of the present invention includes the step of fitting and fixing the holder for fixing the igniter into the housing which has the bottomed member having the hole in the bottom and can contain gas generants therein, wherein the step of fitting and fixing includes the step of clamping and pressurization-deforming in the direction of the center axis of the hole at least one of the holder and the bottomed member.
- the gas generator which has high airtightness in the contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be manufactured, without the work for welding-fixing the holder to the bottomed member and subjecting the holder to an excess processing.
- the holder and the bottomed member are respectively composed of materials having strengths different from each other, and that one composed of the material having the lower strength is deformed.
- the material having the lower strength is easily closely adhered to an interface of the material having the higher strength with no space therebetween. Accordingly, the gas generator excellent in strength and airtightness in the fixed contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be provided.
- FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of a gas generator 101 which is an example of the gas generator of the present invention.
- the gas generator 101 which inflates and deploys, for example, a driver seat airbag, includes an approximately short cylindrical housing 3 including a bottomed member 3 a and a lid member 3 b , gas generants 4 which are arranged in the housing 3 to generate a high-temperature gas by combustion, a filter 5 which is arranged in an inner circumference part of the housing 3 so as to surround the gas generants 4 in a diameter direction of the housing 3 , an igniter 1 which is energized from the outside to ignite, and a holder 2 to which the igniter 1 is fixed and which is fixed to the bottomed member 3 a so that the igniter 1 is arranged coaxially with the housing 3 .
- the lid member 3 b has a cylindrical part having a plurality of gas discharging holes 7 , and a bottom part provided at one end of the cylindrical part. A diameter of an opening side of the lid member 3 b is expanded so that the opening has a flange shape. Additionally, the bottomed member 3 a similarly has a cylindrical part and a bottom part, and a hole 3 c , into which the holder 2 is to be fitted and arranged, is provided in the bottom part. An opening of the bottomed member 3 a engages with the vicinity of the opening of the lid member 3 b , and the bottomed member 3 a and the lid member 3 b are fixed to each other in a welding part 8 by welding, etc.
- bottomed member 3 a and the lid member 3 b metallic materials such as iron, stainless-steel, aluminum and steel are applicable. Additionally, it is preferable that thicknesses of the bottomed member 3 a and the lid member 3 b are in a range of 1.0 to 3.0 mm.
- the plurality of gas discharging holes 7 for discharging gas generated by combustion of the gas generants 4 are provided in the cylindrical part of the lid member 3 b .
- the plurality of gas discharging holes 7 enable the high-temperature gas discharged from the inside of the gas generator 101 to be stably supplied to a target place such as an inside of the airbag.
- the gas discharging holes 7 are manufactured in a cutting process, a press-molding process, or the like. It is preferable that a shape of the gas discharging hole 7 is circular having a diameter in a range of 1.0 to 5.0 mm, in terms of ease in manufacturing.
- a band-shaped rupture member 9 is arranged along the inside of the cylindrical part, in which the gas discharging holes 7 are positioned, of the lid member 3 b , and the rupture member 9 seals the gas discharging holes 7 so that the inside of the gas generator 101 is formed into a sealed space.
- an inner pressure of the gas generator 101 is raised by the combustion of the gas generants 4 , the rupture member 9 is ruptured, and the gas is discharged from the gas discharging holes 7 .
- steel materials such as iron, stainless-steel and aluminum and a film made of plastic, etc., are applicable.
- the thickness of the rupture member varies in accordance with the strength of the materials to be used, it is preferable that it is in a range of 0.01 to 0.5 mm.
- the strength of the rupture member 9 is set so as to vary in accordance with the hole diameter of the gas discharging hole 7 . Particularly, it is preferable that the strength of the rupture member 9 is set so as to be raised as the hole diameter of the gas discharging hole 7 becomes small.
- the filter 5 is arranged outside a columnar space formed in the housing 3 and along an inner wall of the housing 3 .
- the filter 5 is fixed so as to be clamped between the bottomed member 3 a and the lid member 3 b in an axial direction, and fixed in a manner that is fitted in an inner circumference part of the bottomed member 3 a in a circumferential direction.
- the filter 5 is formed by forming an aggregate of stockinet wire netting, plain-woven wire netting, crimp-woven metal wire or wound metal wire into a ring having a predetermined thickness.
- the filter 5 has the effects of cooling combustion gas of the gas generants 4 , and of collecting metal particles generated by the combustion of the gas generants 4 to make it difficult for a solid product to come out of the gas generator 101 .
- the inner space surrounded by the filter 5 in the housing 3 is filled with the gas generants 4 .
- a non-azide-based composition for example, a composition of fuel, oxidizer and additives (binder, slag forming agent, combustion adjusting agent and the like) is used as the gas generants 4 .
- a nitrogen containing compound is applicable as a fuel.
- a nitrogen containing compound for example, one compound or a mixture of two or more compounds is applicable which is selected from triazole derivatives, tetrazole derivatives, guanidine derivatives, azodicarbonamide derivatives, hydradine derivatives, urea derivatives and ammine complexes.
- one compound or a mixture of two or more compounds selected from the tetrazole derivatives and the guanidine derivatives is used, and more preferably, nitroguanidine, guanidine nitrate, cyanoguanidine, 5-aminotetrazole, aminoguanidine nitrate and guanidine carbonate are used.
- a combination rate of the above nitrogen containing compound in the gas generants 4 varies depending on the numbers of carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and the other atoms to be oxidized in a molecular formula, and generally, it is preferably in a range of 20 to 70 percent by weight, more preferably, is in a range of 30 to 60 percent by weight. Additionally, an absolute value of the combination rate of the nitrogen containing compound varies depending on the kind of oxidizer to be added to the gas generants 4 . However, when the absolute value of the combination rate of the nitrogen containing compound is larger than a perfect oxidation theoretical amount, a concentration of trace CO in the generated gas increases.
- the absolute value of the combination rate of the nitrogen containing compound is equal to or less than the perfect oxidization theoretical amount, a concentration of trace NOx in the generated gas increases. Accordingly, most preferably, the absolute value is in a range that a balance of both the concentrations is kept optimal.
- nitrate for example, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, magnesium nitrate, strontium nitrate, phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate, basic copper nitrate and the like are applicable, and preferably, the strontium nitrate, phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate, basic copper nitrate are used.
- An absolute value of a combination rate of the oxidizer in the gas generants 4 varies depending on the kind and amount of the nitrogen containing compound to be used. Preferably, it is in a range of 30 to 80 percent by weight, and more preferably, is in a range of 45 to 75 percent by weight in terms of the concentrations of CO and NOx.
- organic binders such as methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, and inorganic binders such as synthetic hydrotalcite, acid clay, talc, kaolin, silica, alumina are applicable.
- silicon nitride silicon carbide, acid clay, natural clay, artificial clay, talc and the like can be cited.
- the gas generants 4 composed as described above are adjusted into a desired shape by press-molding, extrusion-molding or the like.
- a shape of the gas generants 4 column, cylinder, disc, or hollow in which both ends are closed can be cited.
- the igniter 1 is fixed to the holder 2 by caulking or the like via an O-ring 12 composed of rubber and the like. At this time, the interface of the igniter 1 and the holder 2 has a sealing property due to the O-ring.
- the igniter 1 has a role of converting electric energy energized by the sensor into combustion energy of powder included therein.
- the majority of the exterior of the igniter 1 is covered with a thermoplastic resin and the like by molding to be electrically insulated.
- the holder 2 has at least two outer diameters different from each other, and it is preferable that an inequality, A an inner diameter C of the hole provided in the bottomed member 3 a B, is established wherein A represents the smaller outer diameter and B represents the larger outer diameter (for example, see the holder 2 shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 ).
- A represents the smaller outer diameter
- B represents the larger outer diameter (for example, see the holder 2 shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 ).
- metals such as iron, stainless-steel, aluminum and steel are applicable.
- the material of the holder 2 is selected to have a strength essentially different from that of a material used for the bottomed member 3 a .
- a combination of iron, aluminum, and the like is suitable for the above material.
- the gas generator 101 which is manufactured without work for welding-fixing the holder 2 to the bottomed member 3 a and subjecting the holder 2 to an excess processing, and which has high airtightness in a contact part between the holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a can be provided.
- the gas generator 101 can be provided at low cost.
- the gas generator 101 which is manufactured by a process easier than the process for directly deforming the holder 2 or the bottomed member 3 a in the diameter direction, and which has high fixing strength between the holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a , and has high airtightness in the contact part between the bottomed member 3 a and the holder 2 can be reliably provided.
- the holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a are respectively composed of materials having strengths different from each other, the material having the lower strength is easily closely adhered to the material having a higher strength, and thus the gas generator 101 excellent in strength and airtightness in a fixed contact part between the holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a can be provided.
- the holder 2 can be constructed so that it hardly comes off the bottomed member 3 a . Accordingly, the possibility can be lowered that the holder 2 comes off, for example, in the case where the gas generator 101 operates and the inner pressure becomes high.
- a groove or the like has been conventionally required to be provided in the holder 2 so that the igniter 1 is fixed to the holder 2 .
- the cost for a cutting process in the case where the holder is composed of the aluminum-based material is lower than that in the case of being composed of the iron-based material, and therefore the holder composed of the aluminum-based material is more preferable.
- FIG. 2 shows, the bottomed member 3 a , the holder 2 before the igniter 1 is fixed thereto, an approximately cylindrical bottomed member pressing down metal fitting 10 a , and an approximately cylindrical bottomed member pressing up metal fitting 10 b .
- the holder 2 is inserted into the hole 3 c provided in the bottomed member 3 a .
- FIG. 2 shows, as shown in FIG.
- the bottomed member pressing down metal fitting 10 a is pressed from the downside to the upside in the axial direction of the bottomed member 3 a and simultaneously the bottomed member pressing up metal fitting 10 b is pressed from the upside to the downside in the axial direction of the bottomed member 3 a .
- the metal fittings clamp therebetween an outer circumferential part of the hole 3 c located outside the bottomed member 3 a and an outer circumference of a projection part (whose diameter is represented as B) of the holder 2 located inside the bottomed member 3 a .
- the bottomed member 3 a is deformed in a diameter reduction direction, and consequently a diameter of the hole 3 c provided in the housing 3 is deformed in a diameter reduction direction, thereby the interface of the holder 2 is adhered and fixed to the bottomed member 3 a .
- the bottomed member 3 a , the holder 2 , the bottomed member pressing down metal fitting 10 a and the bottomed member pressing up metal fitting 10 b are coaxially arranged by a guide not shown.
- the tensile strength is a value which is calculated, when a material piece endures a large load exceeding a break-down point and endurance in the tension test, by dividing the maximum load at the time by a cross sectional area of the material piece before a tension test.
- HV represents Vickers hardness
- HS represents Shore hardness
- HRC represents Rockwell hardness.
- the relationship between the hardnesses including Brinell hardness (HB) can be checked with use of a hardness conversion chart.
- a material having a low tensile strength adheres to gaps in a surface of a material having a high tensile strength so that a high sealing property is kept.
- the aluminum-based material includes an aluminum alloy containing iron, manganese or the like, in addition to pure aluminum.
- the iron-based material includes steel containing carbon, and cast iron, in addition to pure iron containing no carbon, and further includes a special steel containing nickel, chrome, molybdenum or the like, and may be subjected to thermal treatment.
- the gas generator 101 can be manufactured without work for welding-fixing the holder 2 to the bottomed member 3 a and subjecting the holder 2 to an excess processing, and which has the high airtightness in the contact part between the holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a.
- the holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a are respectively composed of the materials having the strengths different from each other, and where one composed of the material having the lower strength is deformed, the material having the lower strength is easily adhered to the material having the higher strength with no space therebetween, and thus a gas generator which is excellent in strength and airtightness in the fixed contact part between the holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a can be manufactured.
- a strength difference at a normal temperature (5 to 35° C.) in the present invention a value of “the tensile strength of the material having the large strength—the tensile strength of the material having the small strength” is in a range of 10 to 800 N/mm 2 , more preferably, is in a range of 50 to 400 N/mm 2 .
- the strength difference is set in such a range, a gas generator which is excellent in strength and airtightness can be manufactured.
- FIG. 3 shows the bottomed member 3 a , the holder 2 before the igniter 1 is fixed thereto, an approximately cylindrical holder pressing down metal fitting 11 a , and an approximately cylindrical holder pressing up metal fitting 11 b .
- the holder 2 is inserted into the hole 3 c provided in the bottomed member 3 a .
- the holder pressing down metal fitting 11 a is pressed against the holder 2 from the downside to the upside in the axial direction
- the holder pressing up metal fitting 11 b is simultaneously pressed against the holder 2 from the upside to the downside in the axial direction
- an upper surface of an upper part of the projection part (the diameter is represented as B) of the holder 2 and a lower surface of a lower part (the diameter is represented as A) of the holder 2 are faced and clamped by the metal fittings.
- the holder 2 is deformed in a diameter expansion direction, and consequently is deformed in the diameter expansion direction relative to the diameter of the hole 3 c provided in the bottomed member 3 a .
- the bottomed member 3 a , the holder pressing down metal fitting 11 a and the holder pressing up metal fitting 11 b are coaxially arranged by a guide not shown.
- an effect can be obtained that is similar to the effect obtained by the method described above with reference to FIG. 2 .
- holder pressing metal fittings which are combinations of the holder pressing down metal fitting and the holder pressing up metal fitting shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , may be used so that the holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a are simultaneously clamped and fixed.
- a gas generator which has higher strength and airtightness can be manufactured.
- the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be performed without departing from the scope of the appended claims.
- the holder 2 of the first embodiment may be replaced by a holder 14 to which the igniter 1 and an enhancer holder 13 are caulking-fixed.
- the enhancer holder 13 is caulking-fixed to the holder 14 in states where an upper part of the igniter 1 is covered by the enhancer holder 13 and a space between the igniter 1 and the enhancer holder 13 is filled with powder 15 .
- FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view in an axial direction of a gas generator according to a first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a view showing a case where the bottomed member is deformed when a holder is fixed to the bottomed member in the gas generator according to the first embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 3 is a view showing a case where the holder is deformed when the holder is fixed to the bottomed member in the gas generator according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view in an axial direction of a gas generator according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
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Abstract
A gas generator that eliminates work for welding-fixing a holder to a housing and subjecting the holder to an excess processing, which can be easily manufactured at low cost, and a method for manufacturing the gas generator. The gas generator includes an approximately short cylindrical housing including a bottomed member and a lid member, gas generants arranged in the housing to generate a high-temperature gas by combustion, a filter arranged in an inner circumference part of the housing so as to surround the gas generants in a diameter direction of the housing, an igniter energized from the outside to ignite, and a holder to which the igniter is fixed and that is fixed to the bottomed member so that the igniter is arranged coaxially with the housing. At least one of the holder and the bottomed member is clamped, and pressed and deformed in an axial direction of a hole so that the holder is fixed to the bottomed member.
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- This application is a divisional of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/814,438 filed Jul. 20, 2007, the entire contents of which is incorporated herein by reference. Application Ser. No. 11/814,438 is a National Stage of PCT/JP06/300808 filed Jan. 20, 2006 and claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 from Japanese Application No. 2005-014433 filed Jan. 21, 2005.
- The present invention relates to a gas generator for inflating and deploying an airbag of an automobile, etc., more particularly, it relates to a gas generator to which an igniter can be fixed simply and at low cost.
- A gas generator for immediately deploying an airbag has been conventionally built in various airbag modules in order to protect an occupant from an impact caused by an automobile crash. The gas generator immediately generates a large amount of high-temperature gas based on a crash detection signal transmitted from a crash sensor at the time of an automobile crash.
- For the gas generator, an igniter which has a system for igniting an inner ignition material when receiving the crash detection signal from the crash sensor and converts an electric signal to ignition energy, gas generants for receiving the ignition energy from the igniter to generate a large amount of gas, a metallic cylindrical housing for housing the igniter and the gas generants therein, and a holder for fixing the igniter to the housing are typically cited as minimum components required. Additionally, a filter may be employed which absorbs a large amount of heat and combustion particles generated by combustion of the gas generants as the need arises.
- Moreover, a main part of the igniter generally includes a plastic material composed of a thermoplastic resin and the like, and is fixed to the metallic holder by a caulking method.
- As a method for fixing the holder to the metallic housing, welding and the like are known (see the Patent Document 1).
- Additionally, as a method for fixing a sealing plate of the gas generator to the housing, caulking is known (see the Patent Document 2). Particularly, in this method, the sealing plate and the housing composed of the same kind of steel materials such as a high-tension plate are subjected to caulking and striking to be fixed to each other.
- Additionally, a gas generator is known in which a part of an inner cylindrical member provided in the housing is caulked so that an igniter assembly (igniter and collar) is fixed to the inner cylindrical member (see the Patent Document 3).
- Additionally, a gas generator is known in which a part of an elongated cylindrical housing is diameter-reduction processed in relation to a lid member with a stage so that the lid member is fixed to the housing (see the Patent Document 4).
- Patent Document 2: U.S. Pat. No. 3,475,392
- Patent Document 4: International Publication No. WO01/074632
- In the Patent Document 1, for example, when an iron-based material widely used at present is used for a housing, it is preferable that the same kind of iron-based material is necessarily used for a holder in terms of welding. However, the holder is required to be cut into a shape suitable for fixing an igniter in a process such as caulking, and the iron-based material is relatively expensive to cut.
- In the
Patent Document 2, a relatively complicated work is required that a sealing plate composed of a steel material is fixed in a pipe body composed of a steel material by caulking, and that a surface of the sealing plate is subjected to striking so that struck indentations are left along a circumferential edge of the sealing plate. - In the
Patent Document 3, a work is required that an igniter assembly is fixed to the inside of an inner cylindrical member and the inner cylindrical member is welding-fixed to a closure shell (housing). - In the
Patent Document 4, a lid member with a stage is required to be formed thereby increasing cost. - Thereupon, the present invention aims at providing a gas generator that eliminates works for welding-fixing a holder to a housing and subjecting the holder to an excess processing, and can be easily manufactured at low cost and a method for manufacturing.
- A gas generator of the present invention includes a holder which has a short cylindrical external shape for fixing an igniter, and a housing which has a bottomed member having a hole, into which the holder is fitted, on the bottom and can contain gas generants therein. In the gas generator, the holder is fitted in the hole, at least one of the holder and the bottomed member is deformed in a diameter direction of the hole, and thus the holder is fixed to the housing.
- According to the above configuration, a gas generator which is manufactured without work for welding-fixing the holder to the bottomed member and subjecting the holder to an excess processing, and which has a high airtightness in a contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be provided.
- In the gas generator of the present invention, the holder has an approximately columnar external shape, and it is preferable that the holder is deformed in a diameter expansion direction, or the bottomed member is deformed in a diameter reduction direction of the hole.
- According to the above configuration, it is much less necessary that a projection part, a groove part, or the like is formed on the bottomed member or the holder of the housing in order to fix them by caulking or the like. Therefore, the gas generator can be provided at low cost.
- In the gas generator of the present invention, it is preferable that at least one of the holder and the bottomed member is clamped and pressurized in the direction of a center axis of the hole to be deformed.
- According to the above configuration, a gas generator which is manufactured by a process easier than the process for directly deforming the bottomed member or the holder in the diameter direction, and which has high fixing strength between the holder and the bottomed member, and has high airtightness in the contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be reliably provided.
- In the gas generator of the present invention, it is preferable that the holder and the bottomed member are respectively composed of materials having strengths different from each other, and that one composed of the material having a lower strength is deformed.
- According to the above configuration, the material having the lower strength is easily closely adhered to an interface of the material having a higher strength with no space therebetween. Accordingly, a gas generator excellent in strength and airtightness in a fixed contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be provided.
- In the gas generator of the present invention, it is preferable that the holder has at least two outer diameters different from each other, and that an inequality, A≦an inner diameter C of the hole provided in the bottomed member≦B, is established wherein A represents a smaller outer diameter and B represents a larger outer diameter.
- According to the above configuration, the holder can be constructed so that it hardly comes off the bottomed member, and the possibility can be lowered that the holder comes off, for example, in the case where the gas generator operates and an inner pressure becomes high.
- In the gas generator of the present invention, it is preferable that the bottomed member is composed of an iron-based metallic material and the holder is composed of an aluminum-based material.
- A groove or the like has been conventionally required to be provided in the holder so that the igniter is fixed to the holder. However, the cost required in a cutting process in the case where the holder is composed of the aluminum-based material is lower than that in the case of being composed of the iron-based material, and therefore the aluminum-based material is more preferable.
- A method for manufacturing the gas generator of the present invention includes the step of fitting and fixing the holder for fixing the igniter into the housing which has the bottomed member having the hole in the bottom and can contain gas generants therein, wherein the step of fitting and fixing includes the step of clamping and pressurization-deforming in the direction of the center axis of the hole at least one of the holder and the bottomed member.
- According to the above configuration, the gas generator which has high airtightness in the contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be manufactured, without the work for welding-fixing the holder to the bottomed member and subjecting the holder to an excess processing.
- In the method for manufacturing the gas generator of the present invention, it is preferable that the holder and the bottomed member are respectively composed of materials having strengths different from each other, and that one composed of the material having the lower strength is deformed.
- According to the above configuration, the material having the lower strength is easily closely adhered to an interface of the material having the higher strength with no space therebetween. Accordingly, the gas generator excellent in strength and airtightness in the fixed contact part between the holder and the bottomed member can be provided.
- A gas generator according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view of agas generator 101 which is an example of the gas generator of the present invention. InFIG. 1 , thegas generator 101, which inflates and deploys, for example, a driver seat airbag, includes an approximately shortcylindrical housing 3 including a bottomed member 3 a and alid member 3 b,gas generants 4 which are arranged in thehousing 3 to generate a high-temperature gas by combustion, afilter 5 which is arranged in an inner circumference part of thehousing 3 so as to surround thegas generants 4 in a diameter direction of thehousing 3, an igniter 1 which is energized from the outside to ignite, and aholder 2 to which the igniter 1 is fixed and which is fixed to the bottomed member 3 a so that the igniter 1 is arranged coaxially with thehousing 3. - The
lid member 3 b has a cylindrical part having a plurality ofgas discharging holes 7, and a bottom part provided at one end of the cylindrical part. A diameter of an opening side of thelid member 3 b is expanded so that the opening has a flange shape. Additionally, the bottomed member 3 a similarly has a cylindrical part and a bottom part, and ahole 3 c, into which theholder 2 is to be fitted and arranged, is provided in the bottom part. An opening of the bottomed member 3 a engages with the vicinity of the opening of thelid member 3 b, and the bottomed member 3 a and thelid member 3 b are fixed to each other in awelding part 8 by welding, etc. Here, as materials of the bottomed member 3 a and thelid member 3 b, metallic materials such as iron, stainless-steel, aluminum and steel are applicable. Additionally, it is preferable that thicknesses of the bottomed member 3 a and thelid member 3 b are in a range of 1.0 to 3.0 mm. - As described above, the plurality of
gas discharging holes 7 for discharging gas generated by combustion of thegas generants 4 are provided in the cylindrical part of thelid member 3 b. The plurality ofgas discharging holes 7 enable the high-temperature gas discharged from the inside of thegas generator 101 to be stably supplied to a target place such as an inside of the airbag. Thegas discharging holes 7 are manufactured in a cutting process, a press-molding process, or the like. It is preferable that a shape of thegas discharging hole 7 is circular having a diameter in a range of 1.0 to 5.0 mm, in terms of ease in manufacturing. - Additionally, a band-shaped
rupture member 9 is arranged along the inside of the cylindrical part, in which thegas discharging holes 7 are positioned, of thelid member 3 b, and therupture member 9 seals thegas discharging holes 7 so that the inside of thegas generator 101 is formed into a sealed space. When thegas generator 101 operates, an inner pressure of thegas generator 101 is raised by the combustion of thegas generants 4, therupture member 9 is ruptured, and the gas is discharged from thegas discharging holes 7. Here, as a material of therupture member 9, steel materials such as iron, stainless-steel and aluminum and a film made of plastic, etc., are applicable. Additionally, although the thickness of the rupture member varies in accordance with the strength of the materials to be used, it is preferable that it is in a range of 0.01 to 0.5 mm. Additionally, the strength of therupture member 9 is set so as to vary in accordance with the hole diameter of thegas discharging hole 7. Particularly, it is preferable that the strength of therupture member 9 is set so as to be raised as the hole diameter of thegas discharging hole 7 becomes small. Thus, when thegas generator 101 operates, an initial inner pressure is controlled, and a suitable combustion property of thegas generants 4 can be obtained. - The
filter 5 is arranged outside a columnar space formed in thehousing 3 and along an inner wall of thehousing 3. Thefilter 5 is fixed so as to be clamped between the bottomed member 3 a and thelid member 3 b in an axial direction, and fixed in a manner that is fitted in an inner circumference part of the bottomed member 3 a in a circumferential direction. Additionally, thefilter 5 is formed by forming an aggregate of stockinet wire netting, plain-woven wire netting, crimp-woven metal wire or wound metal wire into a ring having a predetermined thickness. Thefilter 5 has the effects of cooling combustion gas of thegas generants 4, and of collecting metal particles generated by the combustion of thegas generants 4 to make it difficult for a solid product to come out of thegas generator 101. - The inner space surrounded by the
filter 5 in thehousing 3 is filled with thegas generants 4. Preferably, a non-azide-based composition, for example, a composition of fuel, oxidizer and additives (binder, slag forming agent, combustion adjusting agent and the like) is used as thegas generants 4. - As a fuel, a nitrogen containing compound is applicable. As a nitrogen containing compound, for example, one compound or a mixture of two or more compounds is applicable which is selected from triazole derivatives, tetrazole derivatives, guanidine derivatives, azodicarbonamide derivatives, hydradine derivatives, urea derivatives and ammine complexes. Preferably, among these nitrogen containing compounds, one compound or a mixture of two or more compounds selected from the tetrazole derivatives and the guanidine derivatives is used, and more preferably, nitroguanidine, guanidine nitrate, cyanoguanidine, 5-aminotetrazole, aminoguanidine nitrate and guanidine carbonate are used.
- A combination rate of the above nitrogen containing compound in the
gas generants 4 varies depending on the numbers of carbon atoms, hydrogen atoms and the other atoms to be oxidized in a molecular formula, and generally, it is preferably in a range of 20 to 70 percent by weight, more preferably, is in a range of 30 to 60 percent by weight. Additionally, an absolute value of the combination rate of the nitrogen containing compound varies depending on the kind of oxidizer to be added to thegas generants 4. However, when the absolute value of the combination rate of the nitrogen containing compound is larger than a perfect oxidation theoretical amount, a concentration of trace CO in the generated gas increases. On the other hand, when the absolute value of the combination rate of the nitrogen containing compound is equal to or less than the perfect oxidization theoretical amount, a concentration of trace NOx in the generated gas increases. Accordingly, most preferably, the absolute value is in a range that a balance of both the concentrations is kept optimal. - As the oxidizer, at least one selected from nitrate, nitrite and perchlorate, which each contains cation, of alkaline metal, alkaline earth metal, transition metal or ammonium is preferably used. As the nitrate, for example, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, magnesium nitrate, strontium nitrate, phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate, basic copper nitrate and the like are applicable, and preferably, the strontium nitrate, phase-stabilized ammonium nitrate, basic copper nitrate are used.
- An absolute value of a combination rate of the oxidizer in the
gas generants 4 varies depending on the kind and amount of the nitrogen containing compound to be used. Preferably, it is in a range of 30 to 80 percent by weight, and more preferably, is in a range of 45 to 75 percent by weight in terms of the concentrations of CO and NOx. - As the binder which may be contained in the
gas generants 4, organic binders such as methyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, carboxymethyl cellulose, nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylamide, and inorganic binders such as synthetic hydrotalcite, acid clay, talc, kaolin, silica, alumina are applicable. - Additionally, as a concrete example of the slag forming agent which may be contained in the
gas generants 4, silicon nitride, silicon carbide, acid clay, natural clay, artificial clay, talc and the like can be cited. - The gas generants 4 composed as described above are adjusted into a desired shape by press-molding, extrusion-molding or the like. As a shape of the
gas generants 4, column, cylinder, disc, or hollow in which both ends are closed can be cited. - The igniter 1 is fixed to the
holder 2 by caulking or the like via an O-ring 12 composed of rubber and the like. At this time, the interface of the igniter 1 and theholder 2 has a sealing property due to the O-ring. The igniter 1 has a role of converting electric energy energized by the sensor into combustion energy of powder included therein. The majority of the exterior of the igniter 1 is covered with a thermoplastic resin and the like by molding to be electrically insulated. - The
holder 2 has at least two outer diameters different from each other, and it is preferable that an inequality, A an inner diameter C of the hole provided in the bottomed member 3 a B, is established wherein A represents the smaller outer diameter and B represents the larger outer diameter (for example, see theholder 2 shown inFIG. 2 andFIG. 3 ). As a material of theholder 2, metals such as iron, stainless-steel, aluminum and steel are applicable. In the embodiment, it is preferable that the material of theholder 2 is selected to have a strength essentially different from that of a material used for the bottomed member 3 a. For example, a combination of iron, aluminum, and the like is suitable for the above material. - According to the embodiment, the
gas generator 101 which is manufactured without work for welding-fixing theholder 2 to the bottomed member 3 a and subjecting theholder 2 to an excess processing, and which has high airtightness in a contact part between theholder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a can be provided. - Additionally, it is much less necessary that a projection part, a groove part, or the like is formed on the
holder 2 or the bottomed member 3 a of the housing in order to fix them by caulking or the like. Therefore, thegas generator 101 can be provided at low cost. - Further, the
gas generator 101 which is manufactured by a process easier than the process for directly deforming theholder 2 or the bottomed member 3 a in the diameter direction, and which has high fixing strength between theholder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a, and has high airtightness in the contact part between the bottomed member 3 a and theholder 2 can be reliably provided. - Furthermore, since the
holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a are respectively composed of materials having strengths different from each other, the material having the lower strength is easily closely adhered to the material having a higher strength, and thus thegas generator 101 excellent in strength and airtightness in a fixed contact part between theholder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a can be provided. - Additionally, since a diameter of a part of the
holder 2 inside of the bottomed member 3 a is made larger than that of thehole 3 c, theholder 2 can be constructed so that it hardly comes off the bottomed member 3 a. Accordingly, the possibility can be lowered that theholder 2 comes off, for example, in the case where thegas generator 101 operates and the inner pressure becomes high. - Additionally, a groove or the like has been conventionally required to be provided in the
holder 2 so that the igniter 1 is fixed to theholder 2. However, the cost for a cutting process in the case where the holder is composed of the aluminum-based material is lower than that in the case of being composed of the iron-based material, and therefore the holder composed of the aluminum-based material is more preferable. - Next, a method for fixing the
holder 2 to the bottomed member 3 a in thegas generator 101 according to the present invention will be described with reference toFIG. 2 .FIG. 2 shows, the bottomed member 3 a, theholder 2 before the igniter 1 is fixed thereto, an approximately cylindrical bottomed member pressing down metal fitting 10 a, and an approximately cylindrical bottomed member pressing up metal fitting 10 b. First, theholder 2 is inserted into thehole 3 c provided in the bottomed member 3 a. Next, as shown inFIG. 2 , the bottomed member pressing down metal fitting 10 a is pressed from the downside to the upside in the axial direction of the bottomed member 3 a and simultaneously the bottomed member pressing up metal fitting 10 b is pressed from the upside to the downside in the axial direction of the bottomed member 3 a. Thereby, the metal fittings clamp therebetween an outer circumferential part of thehole 3 c located outside the bottomed member 3 a and an outer circumference of a projection part (whose diameter is represented as B) of theholder 2 located inside the bottomed member 3 a. As a result, the bottomed member 3 a is deformed in a diameter reduction direction, and consequently a diameter of thehole 3 c provided in thehousing 3 is deformed in a diameter reduction direction, thereby the interface of theholder 2 is adhered and fixed to the bottomed member 3 a. The bottomed member 3 a, theholder 2, the bottomed member pressing down metal fitting 10 a and the bottomed member pressing up metal fitting 10 b are coaxially arranged by a guide not shown. - Next, a difference between the strengths of the
holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a in the present invention will be described. In the present invention, it is particularly preferable that there is a difference between tensile strengths among mechanical properties of metal. The tensile strength is a value which is calculated, when a material piece endures a large load exceeding a break-down point and endurance in the tension test, by dividing the maximum load at the time by a cross sectional area of the material piece before a tension test. Additionally, the tensile strength is closely related to hardness, and an estimation value of the hardness can be calculated based on the tensile strength with use of the following expression: Tensile Strength 1(N/mm2)=3.268871HV≈20.593889HS≈31.381116HRC Here, HV represents Vickers hardness, HS represents Shore hardness, and HRC represents Rockwell hardness. Additionally, the relationship between the hardnesses including Brinell hardness (HB) can be checked with use of a hardness conversion chart. - In an adhering part between the
holder 2 and thehousing 3, a material having a low tensile strength adheres to gaps in a surface of a material having a high tensile strength so that a high sealing property is kept. - Generally, in terms of materials, a combination of the aluminum-based material and the iron-based material is particularly effective. Here, the aluminum-based material includes an aluminum alloy containing iron, manganese or the like, in addition to pure aluminum. Additionally, the iron-based material includes steel containing carbon, and cast iron, in addition to pure iron containing no carbon, and further includes a special steel containing nickel, chrome, molybdenum or the like, and may be subjected to thermal treatment.
- According to the above method, the
gas generator 101 can be manufactured without work for welding-fixing theholder 2 to the bottomed member 3 a and subjecting theholder 2 to an excess processing, and which has the high airtightness in the contact part between theholder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a. - Additionally, in the case where the
holder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a are respectively composed of the materials having the strengths different from each other, and where one composed of the material having the lower strength is deformed, the material having the lower strength is easily adhered to the material having the higher strength with no space therebetween, and thus a gas generator which is excellent in strength and airtightness in the fixed contact part between theholder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a can be manufactured. - Additionally, in the above-described tensile strength, preferably, a strength difference at a normal temperature (5 to 35° C.) in the present invention, a value of “the tensile strength of the material having the large strength—the tensile strength of the material having the small strength” is in a range of 10 to 800 N/mm2, more preferably, is in a range of 50 to 400 N/mm2. When the strength difference is set in such a range, a gas generator which is excellent in strength and airtightness can be manufactured.
- Next, a method for fixing the
holder 2 to the bottomed member 3 a in thegas generator 101 according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference toFIG. 3 .FIG. 3 shows the bottomed member 3 a, theholder 2 before the igniter 1 is fixed thereto, an approximately cylindrical holder pressing down metal fitting 11 a, and an approximately cylindrical holder pressing up metal fitting 11 b. First, theholder 2 is inserted into thehole 3 c provided in the bottomed member 3 a. Next, as shown inFIG. 3 , the holder pressing down metal fitting 11 a is pressed against theholder 2 from the downside to the upside in the axial direction, the holder pressing up metal fitting 11 b is simultaneously pressed against theholder 2 from the upside to the downside in the axial direction, and an upper surface of an upper part of the projection part (the diameter is represented as B) of theholder 2 and a lower surface of a lower part (the diameter is represented as A) of theholder 2 are faced and clamped by the metal fittings. Thus, theholder 2 is deformed in a diameter expansion direction, and consequently is deformed in the diameter expansion direction relative to the diameter of thehole 3 c provided in the bottomed member 3 a. Thereby, theholder 2 is adhered and fixed to the bottomed member 3 a. The bottomed member 3 a, the holder pressing down metal fitting 11 a and the holder pressing up metal fitting 11 b are coaxially arranged by a guide not shown. - According to the above-described method, an effect can be obtained that is similar to the effect obtained by the method described above with reference to
FIG. 2 . - Moreover, although not shown, holder pressing metal fittings, which are combinations of the holder pressing down metal fitting and the holder pressing up metal fitting shown in
FIG. 2 andFIG. 3 , may be used so that theholder 2 and the bottomed member 3 a are simultaneously clamped and fixed. Thus, a gas generator which has higher strength and airtightness can be manufactured. - The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be performed without departing from the scope of the appended claims. For example, like a
gas generator 102 shown inFIG. 4 , into which thegas generator 101 according to the first embodiment is modified, theholder 2 of the first embodiment may be replaced by aholder 14 to which the igniter 1 and anenhancer holder 13 are caulking-fixed. Moreover, theenhancer holder 13 is caulking-fixed to theholder 14 in states where an upper part of the igniter 1 is covered by theenhancer holder 13 and a space between the igniter 1 and theenhancer holder 13 is filled withpowder 15. -
FIG. 1 is a cross sectional view in an axial direction of a gas generator according to a first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is a view showing a case where the bottomed member is deformed when a holder is fixed to the bottomed member in the gas generator according to the first embodiment of the present invention; -
FIG. 3 is a view showing a case where the holder is deformed when the holder is fixed to the bottomed member in the gas generator according to the first embodiment of the present invention; and -
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view in an axial direction of a gas generator according to a modification of the first embodiment of the present invention. -
- 1 igniter
- 2, 14 holder
- 3 housing
- 3 a bottomed member
- 3 b lid member
- 3 c hole
- 4 gas generants
- 5 filter
- 7 gas discharging hole
- 8 welding part
- 9 rupture member
- 10 a bottomed member pressing down metal fitting
- 10 b bottomed member pressing up metal fitting
- 11 a holder pressing down metal fitting
- 11 b holder pressing up metal fitting
- 12 O-ring
- 13 enhancer holder
- 15 powder
- 101, 102 gas generator
Claims (5)
1. A method for manufacturing a gas generator which has a short cylindrical external shape, comprising:
fitting and fixing a holder configured to fix an igniter into a housing configured to contain gas generants therein, the housing including a bottomed member provided with a hole on the bottom, wherein
the step of fitting and fixing includes a step of clamping and pressurization-deforming at least one of the holder or the bottomed member in the direction of a center axis of the hole, thus achieving airtightness in a fixed contact part between the holder and the bottomed member.
2. The method for manufacturing a gas generator as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the holder includes a first material and the bottomed member includes a second material, a tensile strength of the first material is different from a tensile strength of the second material, and one that includes the material with a lower tensile strength is deformed.
3. A method for manufacturing a gas generator with a short cylindrical external shape, comprising:
providing a housing configured to contain gas generants therein, the housing including a bottomed member provided with a hole;
placing a holder configured to fix an igniter in the hole; and
clamping and pressurization-deforming at least one of the bottomed member or the holder in a radial direction of the hole with a first metal fitting and a second metal fitting, the bottomed member, the holder, the first metal fitting, and the second metal fitting being coaxially arranged,
wherein a contact part between the bottomed member and the holder is airtight after clamping and pressurization-deforming at least one of the bottomed member or the holder.
4. The method for manufacturing a gas generator as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the bottomed member is deformed in a diameter reduction direction.
5. The method for manufacturing a gas generator as set forth in claim 3 , wherein the holder is deformed in a diameter expansion direction.
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