Patent · US Expired

Tensioning device

US4917210A · kind A · utility

39Cited by

5References

12Claims

0Family size

Assignee

B.S.R.D. Limited · GB

Inventors

Karel Danicek · Munich, DE
Franz Hainz · Munich, DE
Martin Specht · Feldafing, DE
Rudolf Meyer · Leverkusen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 2, 1988
Grant date	Apr 17, 1990
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 2, 2008

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB60R22/1952
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A device for the tensioning of a safety belt of a vehicle, for eliminating belt slack, in the event of an accident has PA0 a sensor (2, 28, 29, 30) which acts in the event of an extreme change in speed (shock load) by virtue of its inert mass, and a traction cable connected to the safety belt, cable being actuated by gas pressure released from a gas reservoir (2), gas reservoir forming part of said inertial mass.

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