Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft

Burckhard Struwe

Ulrich Seiffert

Klaus Oehm

Ernst Fiala

Wilfried Schwanz

Andreas Bauer

Gunnar Borenius

Hannu Paitula

Ruediger Weissner

A safety arrangement for motor vehicles includes a safety belt for retaining a vehicle occupant on a seat. A predetermined length of belt is released if the vehicle receives an impact resulting in a tension in the safety belt that exceeds a predetermined value.

Safety arrangement

A safety device for a passenger in an automobile comprises a shoulder safety belt extending diagonally across the passenger's body and an energy absorbing impact element located on the vehicle frame adjacent the passenger's knees. The impact element includes two M-shaped sheet metal members arranged one above the other and symmetrical about a plane passing between the members. The legs of each M-shaped member afford two parallel, spaced-apart plates and one face of one of the plates is presented to the passenger's knees. The portion of each M-shaped member intermediate the legs affords a plastically deformable connection between the plates.

Vehicle safety device

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Fallersleben, Germany

Burckhard Struwe