Abstract: A gas generator includes, a housing defining a first combustion chamber and accommodating an enhancer chamber cup member, defining an enhancer chamber, and a combustion chamber cup member provided outside the enhancer chamber cup member and defining a second combustion chamber. The enhancer cup member accommodates a first gas generating agent ignited by a first ignition device, and has an enhancer hole for communicating the enhancer chamber with the first combustion chamber during activation. The combustion chamber cup member accommodates a second gas generating agent ignited by a second ignition device, and has a through-hole for communicating the second combustion chamber with the first combustion chamber during activation. A top plate of the enhancer chamber cup member is positioned higher than a top plate of the combustion chamber cup member, and the enhancer hole is positioned higher than the top plate of the combustion chamber cup member.

Abstract: The present invention provides a gas generator comprising: a housing including a diffuser shell provided with a gas discharge port and a closure shell, a cylindrical filter disposed inside the housing, a first combustion chamber defined inside the cylindrical filter and a second combustion chamber defined inside the first combustion chamber; the first combustion chamber having an enhancer chamber and a first gas generating agent stored outside the enhancer chamber, the enhancer chamber, being defined by an enhancer chamber cup member and accommodating therein a first ignition device for igniting and combusting the first gas generating agent, an enhancer cup member having, in the peripheral surface thereof, an enhancer hole for communicating the enhancer chamber with the first combustion chamber during activation; the second combustion chamber having a through-hole for communicating the second combustion chamber with the first combustion chamber during activation, the second combustion chamber being surroun