Belt tensioner for a safety belt system

US8042835B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Wilfried Bieg · Mutlangen, DE
• Thomas Moedinger · Alfdorf, DE
• Dominik Seitz · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Oliver Gross · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 25, 2011
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R22/4628
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A belt tensioner for a safety belt system has a drive unit and a power transmission element, which engages on a drive element when the drive unit is activated. The power transmission element is a non-rigid medium.