Trw Automotive Gmbh

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Thomas Moedinger

Andreas Pregitzer

Scott M Franz

In a belt retractor () having a belt tensioner () and a force-limiting device, the belt tensioner () includes a pivoted pinion gear () associated with a belt reel (), a drive unit () and an oblong force-transmitting element () movable by the drive unit () supported at least partly in a tubular portion () and adapted to be engaged in the pinion gear () so as to rotate the pinion gear () in a tensioning direction (A). The force-transmitting element () includes a bending portion () which is provided at the rear end of the force-transmitting element () viewed in the tensioning direction and which is designed to be pressure-resistant in the longitudinal direction (L) of the force-transmitting element () but to be flexible in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (L).

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Ellwangen/Pfahlheim, Germany

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