Patent · US Active

Seat belt tensioner for a vehicle passenger restraint system

US9751496B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by

3References

11Claims

0Family size

Assignee

TRW AUTOMOTIVE GMBH · DE

Inventors

Simon Schreiber · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
Thomas Moedinger · Alfdorf, DE
Alex Waidmann · Heubach, DE
Karl Koeppel · Rainau, DE
Markus Peters · Xanten, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 25, 2013
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 25, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF15B15/19
WIPO fieldTransport
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A belt tensioner (10) for a vehicle occupant restraint system comprises a tube (12) containing gas in the trigger case and an igniter unit (14) arranged in the tube (12) which igniter unit is inserted in an open end face (16) of the tube (12) and includes a base (18) and a cap (20) fastened to the base (18) for accommodating a propelling charge, wherein the cap (20) is arranged at least pertly inside the tube. The igniter unit (14) is welded to the tube (12).

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.