FILTER UNIT FOR GAS GENERATOR, GAS GENERATOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GAS GENERATOR

A filter unit for a gas generator includes a filter and a filter housing coaxially positioning and fixing the filter in a filter accommodating space. The filter housing includes a first restraining end part disposed as a closing surface at one end of the filter housing and restraining a one axial end surface of the filter, a second restraining end part disposed at an other end of the filter housing, surrounding a gas inflow port, and restraining an other axial end surface of the filter, and a peripheral wall part connecting the first restraining end part and the second restraining end part and including a gas discharge port. The peripheral wall part includes a restraining peripheral wall part restraining a peripheral surface of the filter, and a non-restraining peripheral wall part in which the gas discharge port is disposed.