Autoliv Ab

Gustav E Svensson

Activation device for a safety belt for a vehicle comprising a body of inertia located in a supporting cup, and an operating member cooperating with said body of inertia and with a stop mechanism for the reel shaft of the safety belt including a ratchet wheel and pawl, whereby when said body of inertia moves from a neutral position in said cup in response to an abnormal change in movement of the vehicle it causes said operating member via connecting mechanism to move said pawl into engagement with said ratchet wheel, said activation device being rotatable about a horizontal center axis of said supporting cup and displaceable about a circle having the same center as the reel shaft.

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Kolm, Sweden

Gustav E Svensson