Ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generants
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
C06B-031/00
C06B-029/22
C06B-029/00
출원번호
US-0899451
(2004-07-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Barnes,Michael W.
Mendenhall,Ivan V.
Taylor,Robert D.
출원인 / 주소
Autoliv ASP, Inc.
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23
초록▼
Ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant compositions which, upon combustion, produce or result in an improved effluent and related methods for generating an inflation gas for use in an inflatable restraint system are provided. Such ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant compositions inclu
Ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant compositions which, upon combustion, produce or result in an improved effluent and related methods for generating an inflation gas for use in an inflatable restraint system are provided. Such ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant compositions include ammonium perchlorate present with a mean particle size in excess of 100 microns. Such ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant compositions also include or contain a chlorine scavenger present in an amount effective to result in a gaseous effluent that is substantially free of hydrogen chloride when the gas generant is combusted, wherein at least about 98 weight percent of the chlorine scavenger is a copper-containing compound. Suitable copper-containing chlorine scavenger compounds include basic copper nitrate, cupric oxide, copper diammine dinitrate-ammonium nitrate mixture wherein ammonium nitrate is present in the mixture in a range of about 3 to about 90 weight percent, copper diammine bitetrazole, a copper-nitrate complex resulting from reaction of 5-aminotetrazole with basic copper nitrate and combinations thereof.
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What is claimed is: 1. In an ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition that includes a non-azide, organic, nitrogen-containing fuel, the improvement comprising: the ammonium perchlorate being present with a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns, and the ammonium perchlorate-con
What is claimed is: 1. In an ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition that includes a non-azide, organic, nitrogen-containing fuel, the improvement comprising: the ammonium perchlorate being present with a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns, and the ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition also containing a chlorine scavenger present in an amount effective to result in a gaseous effluent that is substantially free of hydrogen chloride when the gas generant is combusted, wherein at least about 98 weight percent of the chlorine scavenger is a copper-containing compound selected from the group consisting of basic copper nitrate, cupric oxide, copper diammine dinitrate-ammonium nitrate mixture wherein ammonium nitrate is present in the mixture in a range of about 3 to about 90 weight percent, copper diammine bitetrazole, a copper-nitrate complex resulting from reaction of 5-aminotetrazole with basic copper nitrate and combinations thereof. 2. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the ammonium perchlorate is present in a mean particle size in the range of about 350 to about 450 microns. 3. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 having an equivalence ratio in the range of about 0.96 to about 1.06. 4. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein upon combustion thereof the gaseous effluent is also substantially free of carbon monoxide, ammonia, nitrogen dioxide and nitric oxide. 5. The ammoniumperchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the non-azide, organic, nitrogen-containing fuel is selected from the group consisting of amine nitrates, nitramines, heterocyclic nitro compounds, tetrazole compounds and combinations thereof. 6. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the non-azide nitrogen-containing fuel is guanidine nitrate. 7. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the copper-containing compound is basic copper nitrate. 8. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the copper-containing compound is cupric oxide. 9. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the copper-containing compound is copper diammine dinitrate-ammonium nitrate mixture wherein ammonium nitrate is present in the mixture in a range of about 3 to about 90 weight percent. 10. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the copper-containing compound is copper diammine bitetrazole. 11. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the copper-containing compound is a copper-nitrate complex resulting from reaction of 5-aminotetrazole with basic copper nitrate. 12. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 containing no more than about 1 composition weight percent of a copper-free chlorine scavenger. 13. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 12 wherein the non-azide, organic, nitrogen-containing fuel, the ammonium perchlorate, the copper-containing compound and any metal oxide additives present in the ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition, are present in sufficient relative amounts that the ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition has an equivalence ratio in the range of about 0.96 to about 1.06 and wherein combustion of the gas generant composition results in a gaseous effluent that is also substantially free of carbon monoxide, ammonia, nitrogen dioxide and nitric oxide. 14. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 consisting essentially of: about 40 to about 60 composition weight percent guanidine nitrate; about 35 to about 50 composition weight percent basic copper nitrate; about 1 to about 10 composition weight percent ammonium perchlorate in a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns; and about 1 to about 5 composition weight percent of metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive. 15. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 consisting essentially of: about 40 to about 50 composition weight percent guanidine nitrate; about 40 to about 55 composition weight percent copper diammine dinitrate-ammonium nitrate mixture wherein ammonium nitrate is present in the mixture in a range of about 3 to about 90 weight percent; about 1 to about 10 composition weight percent ammonium perchlorate in a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns; and about 1 to about 5 composition weight percent of at least one metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive. 16. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the composition comprises: about 10 to about 40 composition weight percent guanidine nitrate; about 45 to about 60 composition weight percent basic copper nitrate; about 5 to about 30 composition weight percent copper diammine bitetrazole; about 1 to about 10 composition weight percent ammonium perchlorate in a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns; about 1 to about 5 composition weight percent of at least one metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive. 17. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 wherein the composition comprises: about 10 to about 60 composition weight percent guanidine nitrate; about 1 to about 35 composition weight percent basic copper nitrate; about 10 to about 60 composition weight percent a copper-nitrate complex resulting from reaction of 5-aminotetrazole with basic copper nitrate; about 1 to about 10 composition weight percent ammonium perchlorate in a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns; about 1 to about 5 composition weight percent of at least one metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive. 18. A method for generating an inflation gas for inflating an airbag cushion of an inflatable restraint system of a motor vehicle comprising the steps of: igniting the ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 1 to produce a quantity of inflation gas; and inflating the airbag cushion with the inflation gas. 19. The method of claim 18 wherein the inflation gas is substantially free of hydrogen chloride. 20. An ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition consisting essentially of: a non-azide, organic, nitrogen-containing fuel, a copper-containing chlorine scavenger selected from the group consisting of basic copper nitrate, cupric oxide, copper diammine dinitrate-ammonium nitrate mixture wherein ammonium nitrate is present in the mixture in a range of about 3 to about 90 weight percent, copper diammine bitetrazole, a copper-nitrate complex resulting from reaction of 5-aminotetrazole with basic copper nitrate and combinations thereof; about 1 to about 10 composition weight percent ammonium perchlorate in a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns and about 1 to about 5 composition weight percent of at least one metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive selected from the group consisting of silicon dioxide, aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, and combinations thereof, wherein the gas generant composition contains no more than about 1 composition weight percent of a copper-free chlorine scavenger, wherein the non-azide, organic, nitrogen-containing fuel, the copper-containing chlorine scavenger, the ammonium perchlorate and metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive are present in sufficient relative amounts that the gas generant composition has an equivalence ratio in the range of about 0.96 to about 1.06, and wherein combustion of the gas generant composition results in a gaseous effluent that is substantially free of hydrogen chloride, carbon monoxide, ammonia, nitrogen dioxide and nitric oxide. 21. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 20 wherein the ammonium perchlorate is present in a mean particle size in the range of about 350 to about 450 microns. 22. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 20 consisting essentially of: about 40 to about 60 composition weight percent guanidine nitrate; about 35 to about 50 composition weight percent basic copper nitrate; about 1 to about 10 composition weight percent ammonium perchlorate in a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns; and about 1 to about 5 composition weight percent of metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive. 23. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 20 consisting essentially of: about 40 to about 50 composition weight percent guanidine nitrate; about 40 to about 55 composition weight percent copper diammine dinitrate-ammonium nitrate mixture wherein ammonium nitrate is present in the mixture in a range of about 3 to about 90 weight percent; about 1 to about 10 composition weight percent ammonium perchlorate in a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns; about 1 composition weight percent of at least one metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive. 24. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 20 consisting essentially of: about 10 to about 40 composition weight percent guanidine nitrate; about 45 to about 60 composition weight percent basic copper nitrate; about 5 to about 30 composition weight percent copper diammine bitetrazole; about 1 to about 10 composition weight percent ammonium perchlorate in a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns; about 1 to about 5 composition weight percent of at least one metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive. 25. The ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 20 consisting essentially of: about 10 to about 60 composition weight percent guanidine nitrate; about 1 to about 35 composition weight percent basic copper nitrate; about 10 to about 60 composition weight percent a copper-nitrate complex resulting from reaction of 5-aminotetrazole with basic copper nitrate; about 1 to about 10 composition weight percent ammonium perchlorate in a mean particle size in excess of 200 microns; about 1 to about 5 composition weight percent of at least one metal oxide burn rate enhancing and slag formation additive. 26. A method for generating an inflation gas for inflating an airbag cushion of an inflatable restraint system of a motor vehicle comprising the steps of: igniting the ammonium perchlorate-containing gas generant composition of claim 20 to produce a quantity of inflation gas; and inflating the airbag cushion with the inflation gas.
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