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Elizabeth Rees

Alan George Smithson

David J Burke

Andrew John Downie

David Blackadder

Carlo Martellini

Richard Harman

A buckle pretensioner for a vehicle safety restraint comprising a buckle head ( ) for receiving a buckle tongue to secure safety restraint webbing about a vehicle occupant in a three-point belt system; a cable ( ) connected to the buckle head ( ); and device ( ) for rapidly withdrawing the cable in a belt tightening direction, the withdrawing device ( ) comprising a force reservoir ( ), and driving mechanism ( ), and being of a compact construction through the use of set-up gearing ( ) to magnify linear movement produced by the force reservoir ( ) which may be a pyrotechnic gas generator or a spring. The driving mechanism ( ) may be a piston-cylinder ( ) or a rack and pinion. The gearing may comprise a pulley arrangement ( ). Alternatively a roots motor or a gear pump could be used.

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Carlisle, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Rees